Featured Resources
Toolkit:A guide to starting and running an AuthorAID journal club
In this guide, we outline the steps to starting and running your own AuthorAID journal club and share learning from our existing journal clubs.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Research Writing Toolkit
Resources to run a participatory research writing workshop at your institution.
Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"
Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. One of the most popular videos on our online research writing courses
Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Training of Trainers toolkit
Resources to run a training of trainers in research writing workshop at your institution.
Resource Library
AuthorAID Leaflet
AuthorAID Leaflet
Article:AuthorAid - A global network of researchers from 174 countries
Article by Jennifer Chapin, Programme Manager of AuthorAID. Originally published in the British Ecological Society Bulletin Volume 47:4, December 2016
Article:"Online Resources on Writing, Publishing, and Presenting: Some Top Choices for the Medical Community"
Brief article in Ceylon Medical Journal.
Article:Preparing the Four Main Parts of a Scientific Paper (IMRAD): Concise Advice
Barbara Gastel's guide to writing papers using the 'IMRAD' structure. Posts from the four-part series "IMRAD Info", which appeared in the AuthorAID blog in December 2016.
Article:"Writing a Scientific Paper—A Brief Guide for New Investigators"
A section-by-section guide to writing journal articles reporting scientific research. Also includes guidance on choosing journals and information about the publication process.
PDF copies of application forms for AuthorAID small grants 2017 (first set)
PDF copies of application forms for AuthorAID small grants 2017 (first set)
AuthorAID small grants - Frequently Asked Questions
AuthorAID small grants - Frequently Asked Questions
Presentation:Two Presentations on Writing Clubs
Two PowerPoint presentations: one on the writing clubs at the University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine, and one more generally on writing clubs as a means to promote productivity and quality in research writing.
Book:"The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences"
Openly accessible guide by medical epidemiologist Steve Luby and scientific writing specialist Dorothy Southern. 115 pages. Based on experience teaching public health scientists in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Also largely applicable to scientific writing in other disciplines.
Presentation:Questions and Answers on Poster and Oral Presentations
Presentation from workshop at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Faculty of Medicine.