PhD Master OS – Research, Writing & Progress

PhD Master OS – Research, Writing & Progress (Notion Template)

Your PhD isn’t “just studying”… it’s a multi-year project with deliverables, deadlines, meetings, and constant context switching. PhD Master OS is designed to give you one place to manage everything: your research pipeline, thesis writing, literature review, funding, and career planning—without losing track of progress.

🧠 “Your thesis is a project — manage it like one.”

🚀 What this template helps you do

• ✅ Turn chaos into clarity with a central PhD dashboard
• ✍️ Track thesis & paper writing with word counts, targets, statuses, and due dates
• 📚 Stay on top of your literature review with a reading queue + priorities
• 🧑‍🏫 Keep every supervisor meeting structured with meeting logs + follow-ups
• 🏆 Track your publications from idea → submission → review → accepted → camera-ready
• 💰 Manage funding with a Grant Applications Tracker + visual chart of total amounts
• 💼 Organize your Job & Postdoc applications like a pipeline (with priority + status views)
• 🔬 Run your research with data collection tracking + methodology library
• 🧩 Keep everything connected: papers ↔ writing ↔ meetings ↔ tasks ↔ deadlines

🧱 What’s inside (modules included)

Core PhD Dashboard

• PhD timeline widget (enrollment, expected defense, time elapsed, days remaining)
• Quick navigation to all research & personal systems

Writing Progress System

• Track chapters/sections with: status, words written, notes, due dates, target word count
• Multiple views (progress / pipeline / calendar / by project)

Publications & Achievements

• Publication tracker: platform/journal, submission date, review status, acceptance date, camera-ready date, co-authors/notes

Enhanced Literature Management

• Reading Schedule & Queue (priority, topic, target date, status)
• Key Authors to Follow (field, scholar link, following checkbox, etc.)
• Citation tracker + Peer review log (organized workflow)

Research Execution

• Data Collection Tracker (by status/type/timeline + location/platform)
• Methodology Library (pros/cons, category, “mastered” checklist)

Career & Personal

• Job & Postdoc Applications hub (pipeline, high priority, salary/stipend, contacts/referrers)
• Skills development tracker
• Courses & workshops
• Research network & contacts
• Teaching duties
• Supervisor meeting logs (timeline/board views)

🎯 Perfect for

• PhD students (any field)
• Master’s researchers / academic researchers
• Early-career academics managing papers + grants + teaching
• Anyone who wants a simple, structured system to stay consistent