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Concrete Advice for Writing Informative Abstracts
Reading the abstracts for academic journal abstracts can be as frustrating as trying to work out what their titles mean. In the same way that many PhDers and academics carefully choose useless titles...
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NSF Clarifies Policy on Award Abstracts and Titles
On May 29, the National Science Foundation issued an Important Notice to Presidents of Universities and Colleges and Heads of Other National Science Foundation Awardee Organizations. An NSF notice in...
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NSF Changes Guidelines for Informative Titles, Abstracts
France Córdova (Photo: NSF)Under fire from Republicans in the U.S. Congress for being opaque about how projects are selected for National science Foundation grants, the federal agency is responding by...
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Writing Style in Abstract Linked to NSF Grant Payout
Is there a financial relationship to what or how people communicate? Placing a value on words can feel crude or highfalutin – unless you’re in academia, where words are often tied to money. More...
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