Research Scholarship Review of Progress

The D Language Foundation conducts a Review of Progress with each scholarship recipient every three months since the start of the scholarship. (Exact dates may vary subject to alignment with the academic calendar.)

The scholarship recipient must complete a self-review consisting of answers to the following questions:

1. Describe the items you have worked on since the scholarship started (first review) or since last review. Keep in mind the following:

• Be factual and concrete. This is the place where you simply recap verifiable information. Give links to issues, pull requests, papers, project notes, presentations, any trail that documents your work.
• Try to keep a chronological order rather than order by assessed importance.
• Where possible give a rough estimate of the time taken to complete the task, especially if intermingled with other tasks.
• Document the outcome whether positive or negative (e.g. "Researched alternative xyz systems, reached the conclusion that ...")

2. Describe the things that went well.

• Time to be subjective. Document what caused you most satisfaction, and that you believe have the highest impact.
• Tell what you think made you productive and effective, that you could repeat systematically with good results
• Point out things in the general setup of the project (advisorship, mentorship, lab conditions, collaborations, hardware/software etc) that are working well.

3. Describe a few things that can be improved.

• What are the top 1-3 things that kept you from being maximally productive?
• What can your advisor and your mentor do to improve your morale and productivity?
• What do you plan to adjust for the next period?