Happy August! You’ll find a roundup of July’s content below – the Tuesday Tips and the videos I’ve posted.
August is a busy grant month leading into the September universal deadlines, on top of end-of-summer travel plans and back-to-school routines. I’d love to hear from you: what do you want help with? Anything giving you trouble at the moment?
I recently wrote about the changes to OMB Uniform Guidance policy that would severely affect institutions and researchers and the integrity of science. It’s looking like a provision in the current version of the US Senate’s 2027 Continuing Resolution contains language that would prevent those changes from going into effect, at least until December. Good news for now – keep pressuring your elected officials!
Now, here’s what you may have missed!
Tuesday Tips
Tuesday Tip: Getting to the Point
Today’s tip: a trick to get to the point.
Tuesday Tip: Narrowing Focus
Your proposal should be the obvious next step. Here’s how to focus.
Tuesday Tip: Keep Your Reader in Mind
If you remember this while you’re writing and revising, you can take care of so many common errors I see.
Tuesday Tip: Pet Peeve Phrases 1
Today’s tip is about a phrase that makes my skin crawl every time I see it: “This project will elucidate…” First, let’s talk about the meaning of “elucidate.” This word showed up even back when I was in grad school, as a fancy-sounding way to say “find out” or “clarify” or “understand.” But it doesn’t…
Videos
Video Series: Talk it Out
Talk it Out: use your natural instincts for talking about your project as a way to organize longer written or oral pieces
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