In a foreword at the O'Shea lecture, Greg hinted (or rather, explicitly said) that after reviewing some of our PRISE applications, he thought that a seminar on writing research proposals, given by "yours truly," would do us much good. Yikes! I wonder how bad our application essays actually were, or if he was just exaggerating to attract our interest in the seminar.
Regardless of the answer, Thursday's seminar on proposal writing was a helpful and useful first installment of the seminar series that are planned to help us succeed in our future scientific and research related endeavors. During the seminar, we analyzed a range of samples of proposals from previous students, from the bad and ugly to the effective and exemplary. Greg emphasized in his talk the importance of conveying explicitly - practically - what we plan to do in our proposed projects. It's not enough to just ramble about the theory and background part of the research; we must show how we are going to conduct the research and its larger importance to science and understanding as a whole.
The seminar was a nice instructive lesson amidst all the PRISE social activities and lectures in which prominent scientists display their own research. I guess the seminar series is PRISE's effort of giving us practical advice to encourage our scientific maturation. I'm already looking forward to the next one!
Regardless of the answer, Thursday's seminar on proposal writing was a helpful and useful first installment of the seminar series that are planned to help us succeed in our future scientific and research related endeavors. During the seminar, we analyzed a range of samples of proposals from previous students, from the bad and ugly to the effective and exemplary. Greg emphasized in his talk the importance of conveying explicitly - practically - what we plan to do in our proposed projects. It's not enough to just ramble about the theory and background part of the research; we must show how we are going to conduct the research and its larger importance to science and understanding as a whole.
The seminar was a nice instructive lesson amidst all the PRISE social activities and lectures in which prominent scientists display their own research. I guess the seminar series is PRISE's effort of giving us practical advice to encourage our scientific maturation. I'm already looking forward to the next one!
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