PhD & Grad-School Calculators
Free, practical tools for the logistics of a doctorate — check whether a stipend covers the bills, gauge your funding runway, plan a writing pace to your deadline, count down to the defense, budget a conference trip, and estimate your citation metrics.
PhD Stipend vs Cost-of-Living Calculator
Turn an annual stipend into a net monthly figure and set it against rent and living costs to see the surplus or shortfall, coverage ratio, and rent burden.
PhD Funding Runway Calculator
Work out how many months your savings and stipend last against your expenses — the net monthly burn and whether your funding is sustainable or running out.
Dissertation Writing-Pace Planner
Turn a word-count target and a deadline into a daily pace — the words per week and per writing day you need to finish on time, plus how far along you are.
Time-to-Defense Countdown
Count down to a defense or viva — the days remaining, weeks plus days, approximate months, and the Mon–Fri working days you actually have to prepare.
Conference Travel Budget Calculator
Total the real cost of a conference — registration, flights, lodging, meals, and extras — then subtract a grant to see your out-of-pocket cost.
Citation & h-index Estimator
Compute your h-index, i10-index, and total, mean, and peak citations from a list of per-paper citation counts — paste the numbers and read the metrics.