Funded PhDs, master's and scholarships
Most strong applicants from developing and least developed countries fail for reasons that have nothing to do with ability.
The problem
The proposal has a topic but no research question, and no clear contribution to the field. The methodology can't deliver what the study promises. The essay tells a life story where the panel wanted evidence against five published criteria. The supervisor email reads like a form letter, so it never gets answered.
And increasingly, the whole thing reads as though a machine wrote it: fluent, confident, and empty of the specific detail that makes a person worth funding. Reviewers notice this immediately, and it is the fastest way to the reject pile.
None of that is about being good enough. It's about not knowing what's being scored.
Why me
For several years my work has included evaluating proposals against written criteria. Reading what was submitted, checking whether the method matches the claim, and scoring it. Selection panels do the same thing with scholarship applications. I know what a reviewer looks for because I have been one.
I also went through the funded-PhD route myself: proposal, supervisor contact, funding, recognition of foreign degrees, enrolment. Recently enough to remember every step, and by trial and error, which means I remember how confusing it is when nobody will give you a straight answer.
Alongside that, I co-founded Youth Opportunities, which young people around the world use to find scholarships, fellowships and funded programmes. I have spent a decade watching which applications succeed and which don't.
What you get
Proposal review
Your proposal returned with comments ranked by severity: what will sink it, what will weaken it, what's cosmetic. Plus a rewritten structure if the shape is wrong.
Scholarship essay mapping
We take the scheme's published criteria and go through them line by line: where does your application evidence each one, and where does it silently fail? Then we rewrite.
Call selection
Which schemes actually fit your profile, and which are a waste of your time. Honest answers, including "not this year."
Supervisor outreach
How to write an email an academic will reply to, and how to follow up without becoming a nuisance.
Interview preparation
Mock interview, scored feedback, and the questions people fumble.
How it works
- A free 15-minute call. Before you commit, we check whether I'm the right person for what you need.
- You send your documents and tell me what you're applying for.
- We do a 60-minute call. I come having read everything.
- Written feedback within 7 days.
- One follow-up round on your revised version.
What I don't do
I don't write your proposal or your essays. A ghostwritten proposal falls apart at the interview, it breaches most programmes' rules on original work, and it isn't the kind of work I do.
I don't use AI to draft your documents. And I never promise admission or funding. Anyone who does is selling you something else.
Start with a free call
Fifteen minutes, no charge, no obligation. Tell me what you're applying for and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help. Fees depend on what you actually need, so ask me on the call and I'll quote you. Reduced rates for applicants outside Dhaka and Chattogram, and for students with demonstrated need. Just ask.