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[We are delighted to share this report on a recent workshop supported by an AuthorAID grant. Thanks to Prof. Panna Thapa and Dr. Uttam Budhathoki for providing this material! —Barbara] …

  If you will be writing about a topic relatively new to you, consider compiling a list of specialized words and phrases that you find as you read about the …

Hello again. As you may recall, my previous resource post featured a resource mentioned at the recent Council of Science Editors meeting. The current resource post features more resources that …

When editing someone else's work, it can be helpful to use standard editing symbols. But if you do so, ensure that the author understands them. Some editing symbols and their …

Greetings from Oxford! Whenever a new blog post is made or content is added to the AuthorAID website, an email alert is sent to those who have subscribed to updates. …

Greetings again. I’m now in Nairobi, Kenya, to facilitate some workshops. Shortly before this trip, I was in Seattle, a city in the northwestern United States. (Yes, I’ve been traveling …

Hello again. A few days ago I returned from the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting. At the CSE meeting, I learned of some good resources. I’ll now feature …

Hello again. A few days ago, at the AuthorAID proposal-writing workshop in Ethiopia, a participant requested more examples of grant proposals. I promised to look for examples available online. When …

To aid understanding, consider not using double negatives in the same sentence. For example, instead of writing "Our results were not unlike previous findings," write "Our results resembled previous findings." …