Write Like a Boss: Five Minutes to Better Science Writing
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
If your writing is starting to look a little frayed around the edges and lacking that enthusiastic zing you had when you first got to the keyboard, its time for …
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Face It: Your Decks Will Never Be Cleared
Rebecca Helton, MA
One of the most widespread myths in academic writing is that you can, and should, try to “clear the decks”—that is, finish all of your other obligations before you …
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Edge Writing Resources Roundup
Rebecca Helton, MA
Lasso our most popular writing resources and advice to ride smoothly into the new semester.
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“Modifying the Current Flow from Negative to Positive (Data!)”
Britney Lizama, B.S.
Scientists are experts at asking questions, analyzing, and critiquing. We are also taught that while there are rules and facts in biology, exceptions to rules exist – in fact, we expect …
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Reviewers & Editors Share the Secret Sauce
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
Publishing Your Medical Research has a secret sauce - data from reviewers and editors.
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Digital Branding and SEO 101
Eric Sentell, PhD
Digital branding for scientists often involves blogging, and blogging involves SEO or search-engine optimization. Here are some basic tips.
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Women and URMs, Peer Review Needs You. Here's Why and How to Get On That.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
UPDATED! Awesome update on our call for URM and women reviewers: After lots of awesome feedback and 63 folks signing up, its clear that trainees and PIs turned out in droves. …
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How a Jail-house Letter and Goat Research Can Get Your Grant Funded
Eric Sentell, PhD
So-called “audience-based rhetoric” persuades much more effectively than just stating the reasons your grant is the best idea ever.
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Your June Grant in Bloom
The Edge for Scholars
Join the Edge for Scholars Online Grant Writing Workshop for 12 weeks of free guided training starting March 14.
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Who Are You Really Talking To?
The Edge for Scholars
According to Morgan Giddings, creator of popular grant-writing resources and courses, you misunderstand the level at which you need to appeal to reviewers at study section. While you may think …
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