Statement of Research Interests

This page was written because no one explained how to write this statement so I had to go and figure it out.

What appears to be the purpose of the letter?

• writing exercise to show that you can take on independent research

• demonstrate your writing ability,

• demonstrate independence as a researcher
• ability to earn grant money

• state your short-term and long-term research goals

who is the reader

• someone who isn't a specialist in your field
• the person will read too many papers in one day

Summary of what i have gathered

• should be one to two pages

See also

• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research Interests
• Statement of Teaching Interests
• Curriculum Contribution Statement