1. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Research Practices 1051-501http://www.cis.rit.edu/class/simg-501/

2. Proposal Review J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

3. What do peer reviews evaluate? Aims Value / Scientific Merit Capacity / State-of-Art Methods Past Productivity Reviewers are often tasked with reviewing dozens of proposals in a short amount of time. Put yourself in their place. Make the information they are looking for easy to find in your proposal. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

4. Research proposals are reviewed internally or externally by experts in the field (peers). Groups of experts brought together to review a set of proposals on a specific topic are called Peer Review Groups. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 What do peer reviews evaluate? Aims Value / Scientific Merit Capacity / State-of-Art Methods Past Productivity Reviewers are often tasked with reviewing dozens of proposals in a short amount of time. Put yourself in their place. Make the information they are looking for easy to find in your proposal.

5. Your review group is charged with evaluating a group of proposals. Your evaluation should reflect a group effort at critiquing the proposal. For each proposal reviewed, you should submit a typed report containing the information listed below. Investigator: Proposal Title: Review Group Members: Recommendation:Approve or disapprove granting the requested credits for the research or for funding. Please report decision of the group, i.e. 3 in favor, 1 opposed with the following reservations... Resume: A brief summary of the review group's review and recommendation. Description: Summary of the proposed science, questions to be answered, hypothesis to be tested, etc. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

6. Critique:Does the researcher understand the necessary background? Is the science sound? Is the proposal well written and mistake free? Etc. Investigator:Is the investigator qualified to perform the research? Resources & Environment:Are the resources and environment adequate for the proposed research? Budget:Is the proposed number of credit hours and the budget reasonable and justified? Should the credit hours and budget be approved as requested? Advisor: Has the researcher obtained the support of an advisor? Human Subjects:Are human subjects involved and have approvals been applied for? J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

7. Oral Presentations J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

8. GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL SLIDE PRESENTATIONS PREPARATIONLayout  Use horizontal on screen format  Each slide should illustrate a single point or idea  Use large Arial or Helvetica fonts (Bold and Shadow)  Space between lines should be at least the height of a capital letter  Use 7-Rule -No more than 7 words per line; No more than 7 lines per slide Title  Use no more than 5 words Color  Use light colors on a dark background. Yellow on dark blue works best. (… remember from that color science course?)  Busy backgrounds and animated backgrounds distract from the message of your talk. Tables  Keep them brief.  Use two or more simple slides rather than 1 complicated slide. Graphs  Use graphs instead of tables whenever possible Label axes. Use large data points, error bars, legends, etc.  Use rounded figures (numbers)  Keep graphs simple, uncluttered J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

9. GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL SLIDE PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION  Edit slides beforehand to ensure they are in proper order  Review your slides along with your narration/speaking notes  Do not read to your audience from text or note cards.  Be sure your slides are clean  Use duplicate slides if you will be referring to the same slide at different times during your presentation (Don’t go backwards.)  Use the pointer sparingly to emphasize J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

10. In oral presentations, there is only one rule that is true 100% of the time. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

11. In oral presentations, there is only one rule that is true 100% of the time. There is no rule that is true 100% of the time! J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

12. Focus J.P. Hornak, 1995

13. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 The following slides have some random text. Which do you find easiest to read? Why?

14. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

15. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

16. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

17. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

18. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

19. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 Paula, a young assistant professor, and two graduate students have been working on a series of related experiments for the past several years. During that time, the experiments have been written up in various posters, abstracts, and meeting presentations. Now it is time to write up the experiments for publication, but the students and Paula must first make an important decision. They could write a single paper with one first author that would describe the experiments in a comprehensive manner, or they could write a series of shorter, less complete papers so that each student could be a first author.

20. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004 6Paula, a young assistant 8professor, and two graduate 10students have been working 12on a series of related 14experiments for the past 16several years. During that 18time, the experiments have 20been written up in various 24posters, abstracts, and 28meeting presentations. Now it 32is time to write up the 36experiments for publication, 40but the students and Paula 44must first make an important

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22. J.P. Hornak, 1051-501, 2004

23. Your Presentation Length:~20 min (your talk) 5 min (discussion and Q&A) Purpose:Convince the audience that your research is worth doing. Format:Power Point Your Own Laptop, Flash Card, or CD Components:Title IntroductionBackgroundHypothesis Proposed Experiments to Test Hypothesis Analysis & Interpretation of Results Expected Outcome BudgetConclusion