OGPS Science Writing & Communication Workshop Series Spring 2025

OGPS Career & Professional Development - Science Writing & Communication

This series of workshops aims to equip you with practical skills and knowledge for writing science with confidence as part of your training (MS, PhD, or postdoc). You will have a chance to learn best practices and strategies necessary to best prepare your manuscript, or your grant/fellowship application. Each workshop will provide opportunities to engage and learn how to develop your writing and presentation skills.

Aims & Objectives:

  1. Learn how to structure your academic writing for manuscripts, grant applications, and conference abstracts with narrative principles 
  2. Help you prepare your NSF GRFP applications.
  3. Discuss effective presentation practices and strategies to improve how our science is presented, ensuring clarity and audience engagement.
  4. Provide guidance on how and when to best use Gen-AI in the writing process.
  5. Boost your confidence and productivity in your writing skills.


Writing Your NSF GRFP Proposal

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THSL 2955
Prof. Audrey Seasholtz

In this workshop, Prof. Audrey Seasholtz will introduce the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, including its goals, the benefits, and eligibility requirements.  She will discuss the evaluation criteria, including intellectual merit and broader impacts, and the items required to complete the application. After Pro. Seasholtz introduces the two essays required in the application, participants will do some active brainstorming to help develop ideas for their personal essays and then look at some essays written by other students for their applications.  

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