WCGS offers courses and workshops to help students develop their scientific writing (research papers, grant proposals) and presentation skills. Listed below are courses and workshops available to graduate students.
- ACE preparation workshops: various WCGS programs offer workshops to students to prepare for the ACE. e.g., BCMB offers a 3-session series
- Introduction to Scientific Writing seminar by Dean Nathan, offered in November every year (IMP Program specific)
- Art of Written Scientific Communication course by Ushma Neill, MSK Vice President Scientific Education & Training and Teo Pulvirenti, Executive Editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Anticipated 2 to 4 times per year.
- CTSC Skills Acquisition Workshops (Please check News section on the CTSC website)
1) Writing and publishing high-impact research manuscripts (last held on March 23rd, 2018)
2) Planning and writing successful grant proposals
Two sessions (April 19th or April 20th). Register for any one session - Regular workshops for F31 and NSF predoctoral grants by Dr. Xiaoai Chen
Before each NIH F31 and NSF grant submission deadline the Graduate School offers a series of workshops to help students prepare competitive applications. As part of the workshop series, students can also avail of one-on-one external consultant services for scientific editing of their proposals.
See below for outline of the F31 workshop.
- Three Minute Thesis: each November, WCGS holds its annual 3MT competition, which is an opportunity for students to hone and demonstrate their ability to communicate their science to a non-specialist audience.