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3 Useful Concepts for Organizing a Journal Manuscript

Research is a messy process, but reporting on it…

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The NIH Biographical Sketch: Variations on a Theme

The format may be set in stone, but there’s still…

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Crafting a Strong Hypothesis

Six points to consider when refining this important statement

We learn from the writings of Charles Darwin [1] how formal hypothesizing was central to his thinking and reasoning as he developed his ideas on…

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Does #SciComm Have a Place in Publications and Proposals?

A look at what the guidelines and a few…

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The Heilmeier Catechism’s Ongoing Legacy

ARPA-H goes online in 2023 and borrows from DARPA’s longtime guiding principle

After the Russians launched Sputnik 1 in 1957, the United States responded the following year by…

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Specific Aims Model for NIH applications, showing how each component is connected: 1. Introduction and Background 2. Knowledge Gap 3. Objective 4. Preliminary Work 5. Hypothesis 6. Specific Aims 7. Outcomes

A Model for Drafting Specific Aims

Something I like to call the “Trimethylcyclohexane Model”

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Figure 1. Five categories of titles seen in the titles of academic research publications: descriptive, declarative, introductory, interrogative, and humor/wordplay.

Advice for Drafting a Publication Title

3 things to consider when its time to give your research…

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Figure and Chart Design

3 tips for improving the visual aspect of academic publications, proposals…

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