Recipe for Hosting a Manuscript Sprint
A manuscript sprint harnesses the power of peer accountability and review to get a manuscript from zero to out the door in 6-8 weeks.
The Write Rules
Time to repent of these 10 basic writing sins.
What’s in Your Bucket(s)?
Once you’ve defined the buckets of work for your grant submission and placed them on your timeline, you are ready for the second step in the work breakdown process.
Popular Young Scientist’s Post on Failure to Get Funding Goes Viral
Brad Voytek should be the poster child for neuroscience. He’s smart, charismatic, does a ton of outreach, sports an impressive soul patch and works on difficult problems of how the brain synthesizes, organizes and initiates behavioral tasks. Brad is a computational neuroscientist who studies how complex signals are generated and coded within the brain to … Continue reading “Popular Young Scientist’s Post on Failure to Get Funding Goes Viral”
Sure You’re Overcommitted? Here’s A Hint…
Have you surrounded your phone and laptop with notes saying ‘Say No!’? Do you look at next week’s schedule and wonder what were you thinking? Do you leave meetings looking like this guy? If so, you may have a bad case of overcommitment syndrome. Can the Fighty Squirrel offer a quick suggestion? Think about that last time you … Continue reading “Sure You’re Overcommitted? Here’s A Hint…”
Researchers—Start Your Timelines
Your feasibility assessment is complete. You have made necessary adjustments and you are confident your proposed research project is feasible. Now what?
500 Mile(stones)
How will you know you are progressing satisfactorily toward your chosen date for submitting your grant proposal? Defining milestones will help. Earlier blogs have addressed why doing a plan for your submission is a good idea, key concepts in project planning, how to assess the feasibility of your proposed project, and how to construct a … Continue reading “500 Mile(stones)”
You Did the Heavy Lifting: Keep a PAR List to Capture Accomplishments
Your skills, accomplishments, and professional style—how you go about getting results—are hard to discern when reduced to a list of degrees, honors, and publications. If you did the heavy lifting be sure to get the credit. Contributions that aren’t typically captured in your CV need to stay in active memory and be available to share … Continue reading “You Did the Heavy Lifting: Keep a PAR List to Capture Accomplishments”
Can You (Really) Do Your Proposed Study?
…a deceptively simple question that can be interpreted in several ways.
Planning to Plan: Gathering Materials for Your Grant Pacing Plan
You’ve decided that maybe a plan for doing your grant submission is a good idea. Check! But how to start?