courses, workshops, consultationsand more for

SUCCESSFUL SCIENTIFIC WRITINGmanuscripts • articles • proposals

LEARN6 Essential Steps

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Writing in Science & Engineering

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Got data?...Get started!

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Writing in Science & EngineeringAn Initiative of the Princeton Writing Program

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engineers, and quantitatively oriented

social scientists in economics, sociology,

and adjacent disciplines.

Our resources can help give you a compe-

titive edge in obtaining funding, getting

published, understanding the scientific

literature, presenting data visually, designing

posters for conferences and much more.

Half-term Courses for Graduate Students

WRI 501: Reading & Writing about Scientific Literature

WRI 502: Writing an Effective Research Article

Workshops on Proposal Writing

Writing Center Conferences

Writing Groups

Writing Bootcamps

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Teaching Opportunities

Consultations with Faculty

Writing in Science & Engineering (WSE)is here to support your success.

WSE offers manuscript development from raw data

to published work. Our courses, seminars, work-

shops and one-on-one consultations focus on you

to guide you through...

6 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL SCIENTIFIC WRITING

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STEP 1: VISUALIZEVisualize your data as informative figures, texts, and images

STEP 2: ANALYZEAnalyze the evidence to establish your results

STEP 3: COMPOSECompose a full working draft � data, analysis, and interpretation � and position the argument within the field

STEP 4: NEGOTIATENegotiate with co-authors for the final draft, respond to reader feedback, develop best practices of collaboration, and anticipate reviewer critique

STEP 5: CRYSTALLIZECrystallize the working draft into a condensed high impact submission

STEP 6: SENDOFFGo! Submit your revised manuscript to conferences and journals

“I view these courses as absolutely essential components of a graduate education.” � Emily Carter, Ph.D. Founding Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace and Applied and Computational Mathematics

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