Six editable templates

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying only uses the clipboard. Contact status stays not contacted until you confirm that you sent it.

Direction card

Narrow an interest into a question, a subject, what you know and a two-week task. A blank is unwritten, not a negative.

Question for this roundSubjectWhat I knowWhat I do not knowTwo-week task

Question: 【未填写】
Subject: 【未填写】
What I know: 【未填写】
What I do not know: 【未填写】
Two-week task: 【未填写】
Next decision: continue, change the question, change the method, or pause. Blanks stay unwritten.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Supervisor shortlist

One private card per person. Papers on a topic do not mean they are recruiting.

NameUniversity, campus, departmentOfficial pageWork you actually readSource of the recruitment status

Name: 【未填写】
University / campus / department: 【未填写】
Official page: 【未填写】
Work I read: 【未填写】
Recruitment: unconfirmed unless the source below says otherwise.
Source and date: 【未填写】
Contact rule: unknown until the programme states it.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

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Group interview checklist

Eight observations, kept separate. Unknown is not zero and there is no supervisor score.

Group or programmeQuestion already askedShort paraphraseSource type and dateStill unknown, and why it matters

Group: 【未填写】
Question: 【未填写】
Paraphrase, not a private quotation: 【未填写】
Source and date: 【未填写】
Judgement: confirmed, still to check, or not what I need.
Still unknown: 【未填写】
This sheet has no total score.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Supervisor email draft

Fill in only facts you can check. Copying this draft does not mark it sent, and a reply is not an admission.

Title and surnameYour programme and yearSpecific area or workYour own contributionThe one question in this email

Subject: Enquiry about 【未填写】

Dear 【未填写】,

I am 【未填写】. I am writing about 【未填写】.
I read the work named above and wanted to ask about one specific point.
In my own work, I 【未填写】.
【未填写】

This is a draft. It has not been sent.
[Name]

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Programme and funding comparison

Two options side by side. Keep amount, year and conditions apart, and leave unknowns blank.

Option AOption BFunding parts you have checkedSeparate deadline eventsWhy I currently lean this way

Option A: 【未填写】
Option B: 【未填写】
Funding parts, with year and source: 【未填写】
Deadline events: 【未填写】
My reason: 【未填写】
What new fact would change this: leave unknown if you have not named it.

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Application tracker

Contact status and formal application status each have a column. A copied draft stays unsent.

ProgrammeContact rule and sourceContact statusFormal application statusNext step

Target: 【未填写】
Contact rule: 【未填写】
Contact status: 【未填写】
Formal application status: 【未填写】
Next step: 【未填写】
If contact status is empty, it is still not contacted, not sent.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

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