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The New Frontiers in Research Fund: peer reviewers’ perspectives
Often, interdisciplinary research projects don’t fit into the standard funding competition requirements, but the NFRF values true interdisciplinarity.
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Skills training in the age of rapid technological change
ChatGPT is demonstrating the disruptive potential of AI for higher education. The challenge is to identify how to use this disruption to advance learning.
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Sarah Ruediger joins the Black Hole team!
The neuroscientist is gearing up to cover topics from open, team-based science to putting EDI to work in the field.
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Preventing budget overruns for your CFI Innovation Fund request
The first in a 2-part series on what to do to make sure you are requesting the right amount of funding for your new piece of equipment, renovation, or new construction.
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Strategic paragraph structuring
Be conscious and deliberate with how you occupy the landscape of your writing.
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McGill reveals shortlist for the Cundill History Prize
Eight writers from around the globe are vying for the richest prize awarded to history books in English.
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Your reader is a little bit drunk
Many academics are chronically sleep deprived. When you’re writing your most important documents, ensure your formatting makes it easy for tired brains to process your words.
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Getting “is” right
When you can’t tell how to conjugate “to be,” your lay summary isn’t laying correctly.
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Why academics need to focus on structuring their time
It may well be the single most important predictor of well-being in academia.
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Some thoughts on Pop-Up Poetry and the role of art at conferences
A funny thing happened when four writers were tasked with creating poems on demand at a higher-ed conference in Ottawa.
