Other possibilities for earning money is to try to find a thesis at other institutions that pay their students like CWI, Mila,,that or CHAI in Berkeley (for all these, I know students who did their thesis there).
Prospective student here; what finding a thesis at another institution entail? Would a student who wanted to do this begin by emailing professors at these institutions about their research, applying to their “visiting researcher” programs, or something else?
CWI: the student got in contact with a researcher from CWI who was willing to supervise a thesis.
CHAI: Same.
Mila: Same.
Note that for CHAI and Mila, you may need recommendation letters if you go over their usual routes of research internships. I myself also applied to Mila and FHI and got recommendation letters for this, though in the end I was not able to get accepted there.
Prospective student here; what finding a thesis at another institution entail? Would a student who wanted to do this begin by emailing professors at these institutions about their research, applying to their “visiting researcher” programs, or something else?
Hi Aidan_Kierans,
In the three cases I know, it went like this:
CWI: the student got in contact with a researcher from CWI who was willing to supervise a thesis.
CHAI: Same.
Mila: Same.
Note that for CHAI and Mila, you may need recommendation letters if you go over their usual routes of research internships. I myself also applied to Mila and FHI and got recommendation letters for this, though in the end I was not able to get accepted there.