What the F? An Introduction to the NRSA Fellowship

Melissa Krasnove

What is an NRSA individual fellowship and why should a pre- or postdoctoral trainee apply for one?

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Sell Your Specific Aims Using the PASTOR Method

Lucile Wrenshall, MD, PhD

Can I hear an amen? Write great "copy" using the PASTOR method.

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Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Appearance Matters

Cranky Reviewer

Beauty is in the eye of the reviewer and we like simple elegance.

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Finding Motivation When You’re Ready to Quit

Dr Liz, PhD

I’ve been trying to get funding for my research, but nothing has come through. You, too?

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Not that Kind of Grant Application: Tales of Career Development Awards

Pipette Protagonist, PhD

Spoiler: It’s more about career development than science!

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Researchers—Start Your Timelines

Durango Kid, PhD

Your feasibility assessment is complete. You have made necessary adjustments and you are confident your proposed research project is feasible. Now what?

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How to Protect Your Protected Time

Rebecca Helton, MA

A K protects 75% of your effort, but what about that class you teach, or clinic time, or dissertation committees, or...?

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Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Write Better

Cranky Reviewer

Contorted sentence structure and dense text torture reviewers.

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Using Content-Lexical Ties To Connect Ideas in Writing

Eric Sentell, PhD

You may have been told that your writing doesn’t flow well, but were you taught what that meant? Were you told how to fix it?

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NIH to PIs: In Current Funding Climate, Three R01s Is Enough

Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.

Last week, NIH announced a new initiative to keep struggling early and midcareer labs viable by capping the number of R01's any one PI could hold.

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