predoctoral
- adjective
- /ˌpriːdɒkˈtɔːrəl/
- Specialized
- Many graduate students participate in predoctoral internships to gain valuable research experience before completing their degrees.
- predoctoral internship
- Predoctoral fellowship
- predoctoral program
Examples
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The fieldwork on which this article is based was supported in part by a Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
Academic text (1995) -
The survey included four major sections: coursework, general information, predoctoral internship information, and postgraduate employment information.
Academic text (1996) -
As a result, prospective students in other predoctoral programs and faculty elsewhere have become aware of our training program.
Academic text (1991) -
The training activities associated with the predoctoral internship at each agency are considered an integral part of each cooperating faculty member's agency obligation.
Academic text (1991) -
With regard to predoctoral internships, respondents indicated the percentage of students accepted to different internship settings.
Academic text (1996) -
The vast majority of clinical and counseling interns have their culminating predoctoral training experience in an APA-accredited site.
Academic text (2000) -
Research and writing of the dissertation were facilitated by a Predoctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and a Mary Davis Fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.
Academic text (1992) -
Currently, she is a fourth-year fellow in the Institute for Education Sciences Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (IES-PIRT) program at the NYU Institute of Human Development and Social Change.
Academic text (2011) -
Dr. Frogner was trained as a health services researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and received predoctoral training support from a T32 National Institutes of Health training grant.
Academic text (2018) -
The research for this article was carried out during a predoctoral fellowship provided by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and I am grateful to the CASVA deans, Elizabeth Cropper, Therese O'Malley, and Peter Lukehart, for this support.
Academic text (2012)
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Etymology
Predoctoral comes from the part pre- meaning 'before' and doctor meaning 'teacher' or the top university degree, called a 'doctorate'. So predoctoral means the time or status 'before' someone has a doctoral degree, for example when a student is getting ready for a PhD.