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Writing for the Sciences Workshops
Workshop Presentations
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Funding Your Graduate Work: Tips and Strategies for Grant, Fellowship, and Award Applications in the Sciences
Elizabeth O'Hare, Neuroscience IDP Program
This workshop provides an overview of funding opportunities for science graduate students at all stages of training (first year to dissertation year). The first part of the workshop includes a discussion of different funding opportunities and resources. It also reviews some basic organizational and preparation strategies you can use in your applications.
Click here for the workshop. (Please note you will probably need to turn the volume down.) This workshop was recorded on October 18, 2007.
Writing Dissertation Proposals in the Natural Sciences
Elizabeth O'Hare, Neuroscience IDP Program
This workshop provides a content-specific overview of science dissertation proposals. This two-part workshop uses the NIH NRSA grant format as a template, and all of its major components are reviewed and discussed. These include the background and significance section, the methodology section, and expected results and caveats section. The workshop covers specific writing strategies that you can use in your proposals and grant applications.
Click here for Part I. (Please note that you will probably need to turn down the volume.) This workshop was recorded on November 1, 2007.
Click here for Part II. This workshop was recorded on November 13, 2007.
Nuts and Bolts of NIH NRSA Applications
Elizabeth O'Hare, Neuroscience IDP Program
This workshop covers the NIH NRSA application process. We discuss ways of making this process easier and more manageable, including preparation, organization and writing strategies.
Click here for the workshop. This workshop was recorded on May 20, 2008.
Best Practices for Writing Scientific Articles and Article-Based Dissertations
Elizabeth O'Hare, PhD, Neuroscience IDP Program
This workshop covers general writing principles for writing scientific articles and also gives practical advice for writing an article-based dissertation in the sciences and engineering.
Click here for the workshop. This workshop was recorded on June 5, 2008.
About the Presenter
Elizabeth (Libby) O'Hare completed her Ph.D. in the UCLA Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program in Spring 2008. Libby's dissertation research focused on developmental cognitive neuroscience, and she used functional and structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to examine relationships between brain growth and improving cognitive capacities in typically developing children and adolescents and those with prenatal exposure to alcohol. While in graduate school, Libby received the NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) to support her dissertation research. She also worked as a writing consultant at the Graduate Writing Center and gave a number of writing workshops for graduate students in the sciences.
