Rising Scholars News

Hello again. Welcome to the second year of Resource of the Week. This week I received e-mail from someone at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)/Centre de recherches pour …

If you find it difficult to begin, continue, or complete a writing project, consider setting aside times for your writing. Choose the times of day according to when you function …

Hello again. As you may recall, a recent AuthorAID blog post provided advice on writing recommendation letters. The post described a structure for recommendation letters. In a comment, an AuthorAID …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. Last week a postdoctoral fellow suggested that I write something about preparing minutes of committee meetings. He said that as a graduate student …

If you see writing as torture, writing will torture you. Have fun writing your scholarly articles.

Hello again. A few days ago, Grand Challenges Canada announced “a new online proposal development resource”. I’m pleased to feature it as our Resource of the Week. This …

[Note: This post is from Teklemichael T. Wordofa, of the Addis Ababa University Libraries, Ethiopia. Thank you, Tekle!] A 2-day workshop on research writing skills for technologists, organized by the …

Hello. We are pleased to announce the recipients of the current round of AuthorAID travel grants. The recipients are Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam, associate professor, Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityMr. Ridwan …

Last week, I facilitated an AuthorAID workshop in Lusaka, Zambia. It was a typical AuthorAID workshop with two parts: one on research writing skills and the other on teaching research …

Writing a high-quality scholarly paper demands adequate preparation. The more time you spend in preparation, the less time you are likely to spend in the writing process.