Chairperson(s): Marie C. Fortin, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, NJ, and Anne Loccisano, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC.
 

Want to learn how to write effective grants and publications, or sharpen your scientific writing skills to communicate better? As toxicologists, it is essential that we be able to articulate new ideas in the form of grants and to disseminate the results of research in the form of scientific publications. Thus effective communication through writing is fundamental therefore it is crucial for early career scientists to learn effective writing skills. Publishing is imperative in academic or non-profit sectors and obtaining sufficient funding is a necessity when establishing a career and reputation. However, most scientists do not receive any formal training in writing and these skills are usually learned by following the style of a mentor or other authors. This issue is particularly important for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career scientists who would like to enhance their critical writing skills which are needed for good communication. Our panel of experts will provide the audience with tactics to write promising NIH grant applications, general approaches that enhance the publication success of scientific papers, as well as concrete scientific writing strategies from an author’s and reader’s standpoint. Attendees will be provided with tips to enhance their skills that will enable more effective communication of both their ideas and their science, from grant proposals to publication.