The Doc Report - May 2017

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is moving to Regent Administrative Center 340 on June 1^st. The new office is located on the 3^rd floor of the Regent Administrative Center, and can be entered through Suite 300; it is the second office on the right.

By Leah Colvin │ Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Whether you’re writing your first funding application or you’re a more experienced grantwriter, there are a few basic grantwriting techniques that can enhance your application and make your proposal more likely to receive a favorable review. Below are five grantsmanship tips to increase your fundability.

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By Ben Nault │ Postdoctoral Association of Colorado

On April 22nd, 2017, the Postdoctoral Association of Colorado (PAC), along with the postdocs from University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical School, organized a gathering of postdocs to participate in the non-partisan March for Science in Denver.

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By Ke Yuan, Lei Cai, Siu Ping Ngok, Li Ma and Crystal M. Botham │ PLOS Computational Biology

Postdoctoral fellowships support research, and frequently career development training, to enhance your potential to becoming a productive, independent investigator. Securing a fellowship sends a strong signal that you are capable of conducting fundable research and will likely lead to successes with larger grants. Writing a fellowship will also increase your productivity and impact because you will learn and refine skills necessary to articulate your research priorities. However, competition is fierce and your fellowship application needs to stand out among your peers as realistic, coherent, and compelling. Also, reviewers, a committee of experts and sometimes non-experts, will scrutinize your application, so anything less than polished may be quickly eliminated. We have drawn below ten tips from our experiences in securing postdoctoral fellowships to help as you successfully tackle your proposal.

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By Geoffrey Hunt │ American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is now accepting applications for the summer session of our online course, “The Art of Science Communication”. The 6 week-long course provides fundamental training in communicating science to a non-expert audience, and is open to anyone, regardless of whether they are an ASBMB member. The course starts the week of June 5 and runs through July.

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