Applyindex is your comprehensive AI-powered academic assistant, designed to streamline the complex processes faced by PhD applicants, supervisors, and universities in the higher education ecosystem. While we’re newcomers to the market alongside platforms like LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and FindaPhD, Applyindex stands out by addressing the key gaps those platforms overlook.
The Problems We Solve
(i) For Applicants
The university application process is often chaotic and overwhelming, with applicants needing to navigate 10+ steps and their sub-steps across different tools. Applicants create Excel files to track every interaction with supervisors. Seeking positions involves scouring various websites. Evaluating CV strength can involve comparing theirs with previously successful applicants, checking universities’ websites, consulting with student agencies, or consulting social media bloggers. All these 10+ steps cause applicants to waste months finalizing their applications. This traditional method is inefficient, time-consuming, and filled with uncertainty.
(ii) For Supervisors
Supervisors face their challenges: the overwhelming number of irrelevant inquiries from applicants. Sorting through these emails to identify qualified candidates is time-consuming. Approximately 80% of these communications are from applicants whose research interests don’t align with the supervisors’. This creates chaos, often leading supervisors to overlook the best candidates due to time constraints or during periods of unavailability, such as vacations or conferences.
(iii) For Universities
Universities are eager to connect their departments with the best talent but struggle with recruitment process inefficiencies. They need a solution that supports applicants and faculty in reducing friction and facilitating better academic connections.
How We Make Lives Easier
(i) For Applicants
Our goal is simple: to revolutionize the university application process by bridging the gap between master’s, PhD, and postdoc applicants, supervisors, and universities. We aim to create a seamless, faster, and more effective method for matching applicants with supervisors and universities worldwide. Through AI-driven insights and smart algorithms, we remove the tedious aspects of traditional processes and offer a better way to connect, cutting through the inefficiencies that bog down academic research recruitment.
Applyindex provides access to an extensive global database of research supervisors, complete with up-to-date contact information. Additionally, it efficiently and reliably evaluates the strength of your CV, estimates your chances of securing funding, matches you with professors who have research grants, automatically emails them on your behalf, organizes your notes, and handles many other tasks throughout your application process — so you don’t have to.
(ii) For Supervisors
Supervisors benefit from automated tools that filter and shortlist applicants based on relevance to their research fields. This saves supervisors up to 90% of their time, allowing them to focus on selecting the most qualified candidates for their research teams. Supervisors also gain access to a tailored pool of relevant applicants who match their specific research activities, helping them find the best fit for their projects more easily.
(iii) For Universities
Universities leverage our platform to streamline application processes from supervisor-student matching to managing departmental funding opportunities. Applyindex simplifies internal workflows, allowing universities to attract top-tier talents while reducing administrative burdens.
Behind the Curtain!
Our Team
Our Previous Colleagues
Sajad Asadpouri
Elnaz Zebardast
Sajjad Sepehri
