Building a Research Career - Grant Writing with Morgan Giddings, PhD

November 29, 201018Comments

Get more money for your research – without more grants!

"Running a lab is like running a business, but most labs are poorly run businesses - they throw money out the window." - paraphrasing an article I saw in my

by Morgan Giddings

Communication

Writing Techniques

October 26, 20103Comments

A simple lesson about titles

If you're a scientist who wants to get your work recognized, then the titles you put on your talks, papers, and grants matter. Today I had a conversation related to my

by Morgan Giddings

Building a Research Career

Mindset

October 25, 201024Comments

Your favorite science-related charity?

We all know that science education has been slipping ... along with our society's general interest in things related to science. This is really bad, methinks. We need more scientific innovation,

by Morgan Giddings

Building a Research Career

October 21, 20101Comments

How to become “stupider”

Say you're in a science career (or thinking about one). Say that you actually want to be as successful as possible at that endeavor. Given those two prerequisites, then we can

by Morgan Giddings

Communication

Grant Writing

October 1, 20102Comments

Sometimes I get to wondering about people, especially when they write in to the blog with really silly comments, like "Presentation is a trivial part" (referring to grant writing). This person clearly

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Get more money for your research – without more grants!

A simple lesson about titles

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