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Author Topic: How strict is the word limit on a Cambridge Research Fellowship?  (Read 1722 times)
new_anth
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« on: November 29, 2009, 01:22:16 PM »
Good afternoon.

When an application for a Research Fellowship asks you (me) to include "1. An explanation of your current research,
and 2. A brief statement of your next research project, in about 1000 words of non-technical language," if I submit a research statement of, say, 1087 words, will that be an acceptable length?

Many thanks.
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lorelei
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 01:34:30 PM »
If you are applying through a college online JRF application system, it WILL cut you off at 1000. (although you can sometimes get around this if you have the option of attaching a pdf rather than pasting text into the form) If it's a hard copy app, nobody on the committee is going to actually count the words. The kind of margin you're talking about won't be noticed.
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hegemony
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 04:52:26 PM »
They get so many applications that they're looking for reasons to disqualify people.  I wouldn't risk it.
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