Internship experience in Portugal

Scientific research is one of the most noble and interesting activity we can ever do since it have so much positive impacts and leads to new discoveries and new results testifies by all the scientific community. As being a PhD student and many students in many case will be recognised, the fact of persuing PhD implies many sacrifices especially for people studying in the countries in the way of developpement. In fact, I went through much difficulties while doing my PhD project due mainly to a big lack in financial support and to a big corruption I saw in the labs like for example treating students selectively just because some have connexions so they were priority ove the others, of sulch as minimising the real real for investing in the project leading to more problems for the students.

Problems faced by phd students 

Scientific research is a vocation it allows for example to search for genetic redisposition to some chronic diseases, to evaluate the role of may parameters in the state of disease and in healthy subjects, knowing the genes that predispose to an incurable disease lead to improve the evolution of the illness it could even lead to its early prevention and diagnosis to assure a better care and handle of poeple suffering such letal pathologies. In the other hand, the researcher help in enovating new treatments based on the experimental and pratical studies to see the cell intercations, the impact of genetic mutations on the production of higher levels of enzyme or cytokines in the serum of patients so clinically research is in the heart of scientific and futuristic innovations the world is currently experiencing and if we dont provide enough conditions to research to arise, this domain will unfortunately ace many problems, the same problems I had during my PhD project elaboration. After two years of constant work, I arrived to the point of stop and no return, hours, minutes nad even seconds were heavy and time was useless because I was facing a total disorientation and my project was about to fall, because of lack of real financement in the lab or the need to wait endlessly without any proof that the project will continue. At that point I felt like someone entering inside a labirynth without finding the way and the open door for this,  many students surely face the same problem but the worst in our country is that we must not have a real job with monthly remuneration otherwise we will not be eligible for having the national scholarship that we usually obtain in the month of April of the academic year meaning after most o fthe students had already spend their money in diverses occasion for coping documents, for nutrition, rent transportation so in the final the system is not correct , and if anyone  work for an amount of money each month, he would not receive the scholarship anymore. The fact of facing such problems make us even more stronger to publish scietific publiactions and to do the double of effort needed. My main concern at that point was how I would react in front of a gap period where no financing was put and in the other hand the student life was stopped at a point of no return.

solutions for the problem

But I had to move, I had to find a solution and not stay arms crossed or surrender like many students would do, I began to search all over and over again to find the best solution for these issues, I found email contacts of some laboratories aboard from Germany , turkey , Portugal and Iranian people so I began to send emails describing my situation for a possible collaboration in this project. I sent ten mails daily, for the week even one hundred but no response, until one day I received an email from a Portuguese professor that agree to work in colabation with me in the condition that I sustain my financial needs alone. For this purpose i needed to search for a scholarship program to finance my stay, I applied in all the applications I found like batouta, Erasmus that allows traineeship fo up to six months and finally to national scholarship and stayed to relax near the beach side to order my thoughts. Many students can follow this way by searching in the main scientific sites sucha s science direct or pubmed and they can find may be collaborations that could solve their problem even partially. 

I got finally accepted in an scholarship program as having good marks and being for three consecutive years in the top three of the best ranked students in the class. Finally the day for the depart arrived and I could take the plane to Portugal. My arrival was terrific as all the persons working inside the lab welcomed me in very polite and kind way, their hospitality and generosity was endless and i could finally work with the team in very comfortable way.

My work was done fastly and I could finally enjoy success after so much difficulties , students must not give up they must fight until the end to save their project and not be down due to bad commentary everything is possible we need just to have faith and fulfill our dreams to achieve the best sucess.