Tips for Better Self-Editing
There are not a lot of people who enjoy editing their own work. And, because so often, as writers, we are writing against a deadline, we don’t give ourselves enough time to do a complete edit. A complete edit needs…
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Speaking Outside Your Field: Having an Attitude
The first impression at a poster contest, as either the presenter or the listener, is a big deal. Granted, you have a lot of chances to make first impressions, but after spending some time listening at the Undergraduate Research Poster…
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Know Your Sponsor
My son and a team of fellow elementary students did an experiment for school to see how much the splash pattern grew when you increased the height you dropped a water balloon. They still don’t know the answer to that…
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Q&A With Dr. Umit Gurun, Professor of Accounting and Finance
In this day and age, immigration and business are two hot-button topics. Not surprisingly, immigration and business go hand in hand. Dr. Umit Gurun, a professor of accounting and finance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, recently published a…
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Q&A with Student Researcher, Employee of the Year Finalist Olufunto Faweya
The Applied Research Center (ARC) proudly announces that their own Olufunto Faweya is a finalist for Student Employee of the Year. This Biomedical Engineering student enjoys comic books, video games, and soccer in his free time, but we sat down…
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Q&A with NSF Fellowship Awardee, PhD Chemistry Student
Over 13,000 students applied to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), but only 2,000 succeeded in receiving an award. Candace Benjamin, UT Dallas PhD student and “super scientist” in the Gassensmith Lab, shines among…
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Part Two: How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant? The Entire Grant Proposal Development Task List
In an earlier blog, I said I would provide a list to all the pieces involved in developing a grant proposal, because there is a lot more to it than the writing, although the writing is obviously a huge part.…
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Part One: How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant? In Praise of Going Slow
I have been working with a student on his personal statement for a fellowship application. The document is two pages, double-spaced, so the statement will be less than 600 words by the time it is complete. We’ve been working on…
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How to Contact Program Officers
The role of a Program Officer (or Program Manager or Technical Point of Contact, depending on the sponsor) varies a lot between sponsors. For example, while it is extremely difficult to get Department of Defense funding without talking to the…
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Q&A: Neuroscience Expert Shares Addiction Research
Dr. Francesca Filbey has made a name for herself through her research on the cognitive neuroscience of addiction. A graduate of King’s College in London, Dr. Filbey is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS)…
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