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How to articulate the expected scholarly outcomes of your proposed research project.
Four pre-writing steps to set you up for success.
Question A writing buddy recently told me that I have to “murder my darlings,” by which she meant that I had to cut out part of my literature review that I still thought was important, but that...
Peer reviewers’ perspectives
Peer reviewers’ perspectives
Peer reviewer’s perspectives.
Tools to attest to influence.
One way to simplify potentially complex lists is to arrange the items to progress in complexity, placing the ‘heaviest’ or most complex item at the end.
If your writing is being labeled as ‘too dense’, there are some simple ways to reorder the words in your sentences.
Often, interdisciplinary research projects don’t fit into the standard funding competition requirements, but the NFRF values true interdisciplinarity.
This document should strongly demonstrate your capability as well as the feasibility of your proposed work.
