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Research Practices 1051-501 http//www.cis.rit.e
du/class/simg-501/
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Proposal Review
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What do peer reviews evaluate? Aims Value /
Scientific Merit Capacity / State-of-Art
Methods Past Productivity Reviewers are often
tasked with reviewing dozens of proposals in a
short amount of time. Put yourself in their
place. Make the information they are looking for
easy to find in your proposal.
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Research proposals are reviewed internally or
externally by experts in the field
(peers). Groups of experts brought together to
review a set of proposals on a specific topic are
called Peer Review Groups.
What do peer reviews evaluate? Aims Value /
Scientific Merit Capacity / State-of-Art
Methods Past Productivity Reviewers are often
tasked with reviewing dozens of proposals in a
short amount of time. Put yourself in their
place. Make the information they are looking for
easy to find in your proposal.
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Your review group is charged with evaluating a
group of proposals. Your evaluation should
reflect a group effort at critiquing the
proposal. For each proposal reviewed, you should
submit a typed report containing the information
listed below. Investigator Proposal
Title Review Group Members Recommendation App
rove or disapprove granting the requested credits
for the research or for funding. Please report
decision of the group, i.e. 3 in favor, 1 opposed
with the following reservations... Resume A
brief summary of the review group's review and
recommendation. Description Summary of the
proposed science, questions to be answered,
hypothesis to be tested, etc.
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Critique Does the researcher understand the
necessary background? Is the science sound? Is
the proposal well written and mistake free?
Etc. Investigator Is the investigator qualified
to perform the research? Resources
Environment Are the resources and environment
adequate for the proposed research? Budget Is
the proposed number of credit hours and the
budget reasonable and justified? Should the
credit hours and budget be approved as
requested? Advisor Has the researcher
obtained the support of an advisor? Human
Subjects Are human subjects involved and have
approvals been applied for?
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Oral Presentations
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GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL SLIDE
PRESENTATIONS PREPARATION Layout ? Use
horizontal on screen format ? Each slide should
illustrate a single point or idea ? Use large
Arial or Helvetica fonts (Bold and
Shadow) ? Space between lines should be at
least the height of a capital letter ? Use
7-Rule -No more than 7 words per line No more
than 7 lines per slide Title ? Use no more
than 5 words Color ? Use light colors on a
dark background. Yellow on dark blue works
best. ( remember from that color science
course?) ? Busy backgrounds and animated
backgrounds distract from the message of your
talk. Tables ? Keep them brief. ? Use two or
more simple slides rather than 1 complicated
slide. Graphs ? Use graphs instead of tables
whenever possible Label axes. Use large data
points, error bars, legends, etc. ? Use rounded
figures (numbers) ? Keep graphs simple,
uncluttered
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GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL SLIDE
PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION ? Edit slides
beforehand to ensure they are in proper
order ? Review your slides along with your
narration/speaking notes ? Do not read to your
audience from text or note cards. ? Be sure your
slides are clean ? Use duplicate slides if you
will be referring to the same slide at different
times during your presentation (Dont go
backwards.) ? Use the pointer sparingly to
emphasize
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In oral presentations, there is only one rule
that is true 100 of the time.
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In oral presentations, there is only one rule
that is true 100 of the time. There is no rule
that is true 100 of the time!
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Focus Focus Focus Focus Focus Focus Focus Focus Fo
cus Focus
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The following slides have some random text.
Which do you find easiest to read? Why?
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
Paula, a young assistant professor, and two
graduate students have been working on a series
of related experiments for the past several
years. During that time, the experiments have
been written up in various posters, abstracts,
and meeting presentations. Now it is time to
write up the experiments for publication, but the
students and Paula must first make an important
decision. They could write a single paper with
one first author that would describe the
experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they
could write a series of shorter, less complete
papers so that each student could be a first
author.
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6 Paula, a young assistant 8 professor, and two
graduate 10 students have been working 12 on a
series of related 14 experiments for the past
16 several years. During that 18 time, the
experiments have 20 been written up in various
24 posters, abstracts, and 28 meeting
presentations. Now it 32 is time to write up the
36 experiments for publication, 40 but the
students and Paula 44 must first make an
important
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Which would you rather see?
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Your Presentation Length 20 min (your talk) 5
min (discussion and QA) Purpose Convince the
audience that your research is worth
doing. Format Power Point Your Own Laptop,
Flash Card, or CD Components Title Introduction
Background Hypothesis Proposed Experiments to
Test Hypothesis Analysis Interpretation of
Results Expected Outcome Budget Conclusion
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