Literature Summary Research Assistant

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Earthshot Research Institute
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Kevin Liu He / Him
Founder, CEO
(4)
4
Project
Academic experience
240 hours per student
Student
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Data visualization Data analysis Education Social sciences Scientific research
Skills
academic papers research writing
Details

Our research institute publishes dozens of papers every year to promote projects in our field of research. Among these papers are systematic reviews of relevant literature, which analyze the progression of research within our field or problems within a specific vertical of the UN SDG's.


We would like to collaborate with students to support our literature review process by categorizing papers, summarizing important findings and fact checking.


Bonus points if you can develop a software program or workflow that helps execute this at scale.


This allows us to extract and process data more easily.


This will involve several different steps for the students, including:

  • Familiarizing themselves with our research and the types of academic papers that we are interested in.
  • Reading studies relevant to our area of research.
  • Applying the categorization scheme to classify relevant studies.
  • Summarizing important results from relevant studies.

Bonus steps in the process would also include:

  • Working with researchers to draft a publication based on the results.
Deliverables

By the end of the project, students should demonstrate:

  • Understanding of our area of research and the purpose of our project
  • Understanding and categorization of relevant studies
  • Summarization of important information

Bonus steps would include:

  • Assisting in the writing of a publication

Final deliverables should include

  • A final report.
Mentorship

Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project. We will be able to provide answers to questions such as:

  • Our research projects
  • Current understanding of our field of research
  • Input on choices, problems or anything else the students might encounter.
Supported causes
Quality education

About the company

Company
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society

The Earthshot Research Institute is a Canadian federally incorporated non-profit organization, focused on solving the World's Biggest Problems.