By Meher Pillai & Rushi Patel
You canreach anyone.
Knock connects you with professors across the globe who match your research interests and academic passions, no matter your background. Find professors, read their papers, and email them in minutes. 🐱
Our mission
Research opportunities often start with knowing the right person.
Lab positions, mentorships, internships... most begin with an introduction.
But not every student has a parent on faculty or a school with university ties. In much of the world, socioeconomic conditions decide who gets noticed, long before anyone sees your work.
A student thousands of miles from the nearest research university can read the same papers as one on campus. Only one of them knows who to connect with.
Knock helps you make the introduction yourself, to any lab, from anywhere.
Our success
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Find the right professor
Try our ranked matcher, tuned on your interests and experiences through the K index.
Start with one email.
Connect your Gmail, choose the professors whose work excites you, and Knock drafts a personal note to each one for you to review and send.