Summary
Do your New Year’s resolutions include improving your academic writing, revising your manuscript or publishing your research? What about growing your grant-writing skills or designing better experiments?
As an IU School of Medicine learner, faculty or staff member, you’re in luck: you get full access to Nature Masterclasses, a hub of online courses — and related upcoming events — created by research professionals, for research professionals.
Find details in the full article below.
New year, new opportunities:
Upcoming events to empower your scholarship
Whether you’ve signed up for a gym membership, set a personal reading goal or started meal-prepping, the start of a new year offers an opportunity to set goals to improve aspects of your life, both personally and professionally.
And if improving your scientific writing, publishing your work or improving the reach of your work are at the top of your resolutions list, be sure to take advantage of these upcoming offerings.
Can’t make them? No problem. With the courses available through Nature Masterclasses, you can take your knowledge to the next level — on your schedule.
Event: Principles of Scientific Writing
A hard truth: no matter how groundbreaking your research is, it means nothing if your readers can’t understand it.
Equip yourself with ways to enhance the reach, impact and accessibility of your work by attending the IU School of Medicine–specific workshop on Tuesday, April 29, from noon to 1 p.m. ET.
Led by Harry Shirely, PhD, MS, manager of the editorial department at Nature Portfolio, the workshop will provide strategies and techniques on making your academic writing clearer, more concise and more thorough.
About Harry Shirley, PhD, MS: Shirley holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of London. Having conducted research in leading institutions in Auckland, New Zealand, and Oxford, U.K., Shirley draws from both his extensive research background and numerous publications in chemistry to inspire and assist researchers worldwide in his role as Nature Portfolio editorial development manager and Nature Masterclasses trainer.
Update to popular course just dropped: Publishing a Research Paper
From building your identity in the scientific community to increasing your chances of earning fellowships, awards and promotions, the list of benefits of publishing your work goes on and on.And publishing your research just got easier, thanks to Nature Masterclasses’ updated “Publishing a Research Paper” course.
With updated content covering new topics and bite-sized lessons that can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes, this on-demand course provides scientists with the strategies and tips they need to get their voices heard in the global scientific community.
How to access Nature Masterclasses
As an IU faculty member, staff member or learner with an IU email address, you automatically receive full access to Nature Masterclasses, a trove of on-demand professional development resources, including strategies and techniques regarding:
- grant writing
- publishing
- networking
- data analysis
- experiment design
- securing funding
- scientific writing
- peer review
- research collaboration
- career development
- and more
Simply:
- Visit masterclasses.nature.com.
- Choose “institutional login.”
- Enter your IU username and password.
- Let the learning begin.
