Working on a grant? Check out my free, interactive worksheets. They include a pre-submission checklist and action steps for writing your next fundable grant. You can download them here: thegrantwritingguide.com/worksheets Please share if you know someone who might be working on a grant!

Using consistent presentation and organization will go far towards reducing cognitive load, allowing reviewers to focus what is key.. your ideas! Here, @bettyslai.bsky.social discusses why and where to be consistent in your grant proposal. #academicsky scholarfoundations.com/blog/post/be...

Well, with the rejection of my BBRF Young Investigator Grant application and a local foundation grant application, I am now more than halfway towards my goal of 100 rejections (54/100 to be exact)! I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below) #rejection #grants

Just ordered Make Your Manuscript Work! Cant wait to apply the advice to my manuscript. @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social is one of my favorite authors. 💜

For some, talking (or writing) about yourself can be uncomfortable, but in this recent blog post, @bettyslai.bsky.social discusses how you can (and should) adopt a swagger mindset when writing your grant's personal statements! #academicsky #grantwriting scholarfoundations.com/blog/post/pe...

Personal Statements: The Swagger Mindset

How do you talk about your achievements?

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I love this book! A great time to snag a copy (and while you're at it, The Grant Writing Guide is also 50% off)! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

The Grant Writing Guide

A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers

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Laura Portwood-Stacer@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · last yr.

The @princetonupress.bsky.social annual 50% off sale is on and it's lowest price you'll see THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK all year (it's even better than my author discount or the bulk purchase discount, so stock up now for faculty & friends). Use code BLOOM50 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

A very important op-ed. ⬇️

Sarah Bruhn@sarahbruhn.bsky.social · last yr.

In this op-ed (my first!) I argue that sanctuary matters, even amidst the anti-immigrant terror. I hope you'll read and share! progressive.org/op-eds/sanct...

If you're looking to: +Establish your public profile. +Make connections. Then LinkedIn can be really useful to you, even as a scholar. Join me for a free webinar with marketing expert Tracey Shell: lnkd.in/evUp8-6H

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

Interested in working in Madrid as a teacher educator for ESL? Universidad Complutense is hiring PhDs for initial ESL teacher education. Apply here today: www.ucm.es/convocatoria... and in April, 4 more vacancies will be open :-)

NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...

At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control

As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.

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Bring your ☕️ to hear the tea on non-federal funding for #impsci research!

DIS-SIG@dissig.bsky.social · last yr.

Virtual Coffee Hour: Fri March 21st @ 9:30am Hawaii/12:30pm PST/3:30pm EST on finding non-federal funding opportunities to support your implementation science research & practice! Join us at this timely event! sdsu.zoom.us/j/82650568447 #impsci

The times for A Meeting With Your Writing in Australia and NZ are a bit weird in March due to DST shenanigans up north, but settle down again from either 31 March or 7 April. See updated times here: academicwritingstudio.co.uk/australians-...

How can scholars use LinkedIn to: +Position yourself as a thought leader. +Connect with others. Join us to learn how. Free webinar with marketing expert Tracey Shell. Sign up here: scholarfoundations.com/linkedin

New preprint! Ever heard that personality doesn't change? Do you believe that? (you shouldn't) Using data from an online survey (n = 887) & eight longitudinal datasets (n = 166,971), we compared perceived vs. actual lifespan changes in personality and 20+ individual differences (1/8) osf.io/ytmxp

How’s your TBR stack? We have episodes featuring the authors of all of these books, sharing their work. 🎧 📚💙⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I got promoted to Full Professor. 💜 I'm grateful to my mentors, students, and family.

Are you a graduate student interested in learning more about industry? Apply to the Digital Health Industry Internship program! Current listings are due March 15 and April 1. tyde.virginia.edu/internships/ #digitalmentalhealth

Digital Health Industry Internship Program - TYDE

Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment and the Society of Digital Mental Health have partnered to create the Digital Health Industry Internship Program, a paid summer internship program that provides...

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The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.

Sherry Pagoto, PhD@drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 2y ago

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.

Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says

The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.

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And the Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the NPS has been terminated under Trump's Executive Order. Take a look at all this amazing work while you still can. And shout out to all the people working to find news ways to support these scholars. 🗃️ www.nps.gov/orgs/1296/in...

Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (U.S. National Park Service)

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Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

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Are you wondering if you need a research collaborator? @bettyslai.bsky.social says it depends: 1️⃣ Are collaborators expected? 2️⃣ Do collaborators it more competitive? 3️⃣ Am I ready to write a grant on my own? Be sure to read the blog post via the link below! scholarfoundations.com/blog/post/do...

Do you need a collaborator?

Do you need a collaborator for your next grant?

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NIH just posted this news announcement. "Today the National Institutes of Health is announcing plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR)"

NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity

The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.

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Here's my new WaPo op ed: abortion rights are a personal liberty and represent the right of patients to access the freedom of the medical market. Done.

Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year. @altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH

There are six RDRCs across the country providing essential research on the wellbeing of older adults and people with disabilities. They employ staff who will soon lose their jobs. I received stop work order on my grants from the New York RDRC on Friday. 1/

Sydney Gordon@sydneyg.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am sad to share that all Retirement & Disability Research centers have been ordered to stop work. My fellowship will no longer exist, and the work of so many talented researchers and dedicated staff will be cut short. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

My colleague, Haorui Wu, is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar on climate change and resilience. Please share! dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/18246

"Keep typing until it turns into writing." —David Carr, quoted in Nick Bilton's acknowledgements for "American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road"