English

Once every semester

The purpose with this course is to give participants opportunity to train practical skills within manuscript writing and revision, grants applications and budget work.

Free, creative manuscript writing for journal-specific templates, writing of rebuttal letters and revised manuscripts, free, creative grant application writing to a grant source, budget work.

show awareness of different formatting requirements for manuscripts
show awareness of different formatting requirements for grants applications and budgets

show capacity to follow rules and conventions for manuscript and grant proposal submissions
show capacity to create texts with fitting illustrations and data in a scientifically convincing way, in correct English
show capacity to make their case and persuade editors and reviewers

show respect for deadlines
show committment to the writing tasks

Lectures

Exercises

Miscellaneous

The course consists of one common introductory lecture and five mandatory individual written assignments.

Written assignments

For a pass, all assignments must have been submitted on time, and executed according to certain minimal requirements (all mandatory sections filled out without plagiarisms).

Failed, pass

It´s preferred that the phD student previously has participated in one or several of the courses in academic writing.

In case of an excess in number of applications, applicants will be selected in order of registration (first come, first served). Max 10 participants.

 

See the homepage.

The course corresponds to five weeks of work.

Images, tables, graphs, example texts etc for creation of manuscripts and applications are available at the homepage. Those who want can use data from their own research for the assignments.

BME001F

 -03-04

Professor Thomas Johansson