Requests to provide assistance for preparation of proposals being submitted to all funding agencies will be considered, but priority will be given those being submitted to NSF. Priority also will be given to investigators without strong funding histories. These priorities do not mean that others cannot receive assistance.

Requests to provide assistance for preparation of manuscripts being submitted to all peer-reviewed journals will be considered, but priority will be given to those being submitted to journals that are prestigious within the topic area and command national attention. Assistance will not be provided for manuscripts being prepared for conference proceedings.

*Requestors must make the case that the topic of their proposal/manuscript is directly aligned with the Nexus topics.

Technical writing assistance is provided by Roger Kreidberg, DRI’s Science Support Editor. His educational background is in journalism, and he has had experience in both the public and private sectors in a wide range of communications projects.

For in-depth assistance, please submit requests at least 10 days before the proposal or manuscript is due to ensure Mr. Kreidberg can fit you into his schedule. In-depth assistance includes consideration of sponsor and journal requirements, grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice, style, consistency, economy of language, and format. In-depth assistance also includes development of effective project summaries and editing to meet page limitation requirements. For more elementary editing (e.g., grammar, punctuation, spelling), please submit at least three days prior to the due date.

Any participant accepting assistance from the program agrees to provide evaluation information, which will be requested through surveys. Failure to respond to the surveys will result in the participant being ineligible for future services from the Technical Writers Assistance Program.