Hi @Dawid Hanak and everyone in the community, I’m applying for an academic fellowship. I’d be grateful for feedback on my letter of application (kind of cover letter), especially from people outside my field (physics), since the panel is interdisciplinary. What the fellowship assesses in the letter (3 criteria): 1. Preparedness/track record relative to career stage. 2. Quality, significance, originality of the proposed research + alignment with the fellowship's bequest 3. Why Durham: how persuasive the case is that Durham’s environment (facilities/expertise/groups) is right for the project and aligns with department strategy. What the cover letter must include: - A brief outline of the research in simple, non-technical language (≤200 words). - A statement explaining how the research satisfies the Addison Wheeler bequest: ‘to encourage efforts for increased knowledge of people and their make-up so as to enable them to make better use of their life here on Earth’ - An explanation of why I’m a suitable candidate for the fellowship. What I’d love feedback on: - Is the ≤200-word non-technical project outline understandable to a non-specialist? - Does the letter make a convincing “why me” case quickly? - Does the “why Durham” paragraph sound specific and persuasive (not generic)? - Any sentences that feel unclear, too technical, or repetitive? Thank you.

I’m about to finalise the training programme for this community - this is your last chance to share your input. Tell me what aspects of academic publishing and building your expert profile would you like to develop.

Many of you are here to network but we don’t often know who is doing what - let’s change this: In a few words, please explain what is your core research area. Enjoy!

Hi everyone, I recently gave a seminar at The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics (The University of Edinburgh). I present our recent work on NLO electroweak corrections to Higgs boson pair production via gluon fusion, focusing on: • Top-Yukawa–induced effects • Light-quark loop contributions This is the full seminar recording: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Arunima+Bhattacharya%2C+28+01+2026/1_g6k56t8z/322928512 Paper: arXiv:2512.14823 [hep-ph] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14823) It would be great to have community feedback on this presentation so I can improve. Thank you, Arunima

Rejection is part of being an academic. Success rate on grants have dropped to 5-10%. This means you’ll get 1 bid in 10-20 submitted. Heartbreaking - yes. But you’ll get through this. We all are. You’re not alone!