I do know many (many, many) people in grad school who simply searched for EndNote X4 and GraphPAD Prism cracked versions on bit-torrent. Attitudes like this are why many of the bioinformatics and data analysis software tools for the life sciences are painfully outdated - because, despite NIH spending nearly $30B per year on biomedical research funding, PIs are too cheap to buy quality software tools (yet will pay for unbelievably overpriced crap from the Fisher Catalog). However, in grad school it was so commonly done that PI's would ask for their grad students to install that 'special edition' version on their new laptops, and pretend they didn't know it was pirated. Where I am now, pirating software would result in serious disciplinary action. They may do it, but again, do not purchase with your own out of pocket money! If it's needed as part of your work, it shouldn't be any different than any other lab supply/reagent.Įndnote is much larger and more corporate structured, they're less likely to give a personal discount but you can try that too.Īlthough I wouldn't officially suggest it, I do know many (many, many) people in grad school who simply searched for EndNote X4 and GraphPAD Prism cracked versions on bit-torrent. It's a small company, and I've emailed them a few times over the years. You could try emailing GraphPAD Prism and asking if they'd give you an even more discounted license. A lot of universities don't provide free licenses for their students for these (I was at UCLA, and they didn't either!).

If it comes to making figures, and/or doing the stats, simply ask a co-author or the PI to do it on Prism, since you don't have that software.

If it's a paper you're collaborating on, and multiple people are writing/editing it, it's likely someone will get annoyed enough that your PI will get you EndNote (assuming that's what the other people use). Never pay for software out of pocket! If it's lab related, and your PI won't purchase it using lab funds, simply use the freeware alternatives.

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