I'm just about to contact a potential supervisor, but am not sure what to write. I'll tell him why I'm interested in his research, include a CV and ask him about financing possibilities. Should I say something else? Should I include names of academic referees, or can that wait until a formal application? They haven't advertised a position, but I wanted to ask anyway, because their research is really interesting.
I wrote those letters to several professors. I wrote about my interest in his past works, my education and research experience (where and what), my future research interests, and asked him whether he might be interested in supervising me as a PhD student. I got good responses mostly. Alghouth some of them answered only in two or three weeks. And not all of them were interested in taking new PhD students!
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