For PhD Students

Research digests for PhD students

Track your dissertation field without missing your writing blocks.

PhDs consume research for a living. But there's a difference between "reading deeply" and "scrolling PubMed". Relaylit takes the second problem off your plate — you write your thesis focus once, Relaylit emails you the top 10 papers each week, and your reading time stays focused on the ones that actually matter.

The pain we're solving

You miss a preprint for 6 weeks and a competitor scoops you

You have 8 Google Scholar alerts, each one noisy

Your supervisor forwards papers but none of them are on your exact problem

You spend Sunday evening context-switching between 4 databases

Why Relaylit fits phd students

Preprint-first coverage

arXiv and bioRxiv are integrated — you see work on your problem before it's peer-reviewed. Critical in fast fields.

Plain-English briefs

No need to write PubMed syntax. Describe your problem ("Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning with LoRA adapters") and Relaylit handles the syntax.

Weekly cadence = thesis-friendly

Sunday evening digest lets you plan the week's reading in one session instead of reacting to alerts daily.

Free tier is actually usable

2 active topics with weekly digests. Most PhDs only need 1–2 (your thesis topic + your method).

Example briefs

Copy, tweak, paste into your profile.

"Retrieval-augmented generation with late-interaction retrievers (ColBERT-style), implementation and evaluation papers."

"Novel CRISPR delivery mechanisms for in-vivo neuronal targeting, last 12 months."

"Sovereign debt default literature from 2008–2026, theoretical and empirical work on debt overhang."

FAQ

What if my topic changes during the PhD?

Rewrite the brief. Changes propagate to the next digest run. You can also save old topics as paused — they stay in your account without counting against the active cap.

Can I share a digest with my supervisor?

Every digest has a public share URL. Send it in your weekly update email — your supervisor sees exactly what's on your radar.

Is the free tier enough?

For most PhDs, yes. If you need more active topics (thesis + side project + teaching), Pro at $3/month unlocks unlimited.

Ready to try?

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