Me, in your corner.
Direct, ongoing access to me as a senior academic advisor while you build the next chapter of your research career. You arrive with what you are building. I am the senior peer in your corner while you build it.
You bring the decisions that shape an academic career
The next paper. The next grant. The next position. The next research direction. The next leadership move. The next decade.
Every successful academic eventually has access to someone like this: a senior colleague who has built what they are trying to build. Who sees the politics, the strategy, the writing, the positioning, and the decisions behind the work. Many academics never get that access. Private Academic Advisory makes it available.
Who this is for
You arrive with a year you are trying to build. Private Advisory is the structure around you while you build it.
Not just finishing the thesis, but planning the decade after it.
Building a publication trajectory toward a chair, a faculty position, or independence.
Establishing an institute from zero: the team, the funding strategy, the first wave of grants, and the politics that come with all of it.
Building a serious research profile alongside the clinical role.
Pivoting methodology, field, or theoretical framework, and needing to land somewhere credibly.
Positioning for a leadership role, a chair, a major grant, or international visibility.
What this is not
If you are still learning how to write a thesis, structure a paper, or build an academic writing routine from scratch, this is not the right door. Start with the Thesis Starter Course, Thesis in 30, or Paper in 30 – that is where the writing system lives. Private Academic Advisory is for researchers who have moved past the basics and are now navigating the strategic decisions that shape a career.
What is included
A private call to define what you are building over the next six or twelve months: papers, grants, positioning, the shape of your year.
90 minutes, small hot-seat format. You bring what is in front of you that month – journal decision, co-author issue, response to reviewers, career move. The cohort responds. I close.
Private review of the year you are building – making sure current decisions still match the direction.
You submit something that needs senior eyes – manuscript, grant introduction, tenure dossier, strategic email. I mark it up and return written feedback.
A private thread for short questions and in-the-moment triage between calls. Not unlimited chat – senior-level triage when a decision cannot wait.
Thesis Starter Course, Thesis in 30, Paper in 30, Lit Rev in 7 Course – included, so the writing system is there whenever you need it.
Investment
Five researchers at a time. Once the cohort is full, applications close until the next opening.
or $15,000 paid in full – save $1,500
or $24,000 paid in full – save $6,000
Submit your application
I read every application personally. If I believe the advisory is a fit, you will receive an invitation to schedule an onboarding call. Everyone will hear from me within five business days.
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