Inkr - Making cold emails to professors actually work
TL;DR: Built a tool that helps you find labs with funding and write cold emails that get responses. Free to use.
🔍 The Problem:
We've all been there - spending hours on NIH Reporter at 2am, crafting "personalized" emails that never get responses. Finding a lab position shouldn't be this painful.
💡 The Solution:
Inkr shows you labs with active NIH funding and helps write emails that don't sound generic. It pulls details from their current grants so you can show you actually understand their work.
✨ How it works:
1. Search for labs in your field
2. See their active grants and research
3. Send emails that reference their current work
4. Track which labs you've contacted
🎯 Who it's for:
- PhD students looking for labs
- Postdocs seeking positions
- Anyone tired of sending unanswered emails to professors
🚀 What's next:
- Integrated email sending/response
- Adding more funding sources beyond NIH
- Building collaboration tracking
Would love your feedback! Built this because I was tired of seeing talented researchers struggle to find labs just because they're bad at cold emailing.
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Some quick FAQs:
- Yes, it's free
- No signup needed to browse
- Uses public NIH data
- Currently tracking 10,000+ active projects