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- a statement of motivation: this should explain briefly why you think the participation will be beneficial for you,

your research and your career, and your host organisation (if relevant). At most
½ page, 250 words is requested

Create an outline first!

I cannot stress this important enough. In order to make a cohesive and coherent statement, you would need an

outline to string all your ideas together.

Start by brainstorming the overarching theme or topic for your desired motivation letter, and see how you can

elaborate each point. Play around with the different ideas, and mess around with it. Write them down on post its, stick

them all over your wall, and rearrange them to your liking. Create a structure out of your ideas, and you have an

outline!

Once you have that ready, you can start drafting your motivation letter. Just write everything down (and write as

much as possible), and disregard the word count for now. The ideal length for a motivation letter is around 500-700

words (or whatever length is recommended by your dream institution). Worry about this after you finish writing the

draft though, and only keep this in mind when you are trimming your draft down to a presentable length.

Be ruthless when trimming down your motivation letter, even if you end up with 300 words left. You have such a

short space to encompass your whole self in it, so it is important for you to be as concise as possible. If you do end

up with less than the ideal length, then brainstorm for more content, and not filler words.

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