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caveat: it's hard to get back into academia _and get paid_. if you are sufficiently motivated you can join a research group gratis and just pitch in and do research - most PIs i've met don't mind other people generating results for them. it really is a gig though, maybe something you do when you don't need cash.

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That sounds good in theory but is unlikely to yield satisfactory results since you're not on their critical path. PIs are busy people; they will turn most of their attention on grant-funded critical-path projects. It's a similar instance of this problem: http://pgbovine.net/fellowship-warnings.htm

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