Dear EMBRIO Students and Postdocs, A reminder that today's Weekly Update is dedicated to session 3 of the Grants Writing development for students and postdocs only using the regularly scheduled Weekly Update time 3pm ET and zoom link. February 20th : Students present draft Aims page for Peer-Feedback (Jazzmin Owens and Peter Brumm share their aims pages) Session 3: Demystifying the Craft of Developing an Aims Page Monday, February 20, 2023, 3pm ET Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99819751005?pwd=UVlvWVpxRDB0cDVXbmxBU1NUTEZGZz0... Instructions for Session 3: 1. Review one or both Jazzmin’s and Peter’s Aims pages available on the Box account folder here: https://app.box.com/s/8ajo994qt51m14rzd3g3anj03ocjfcvq 1. Using different shades of color coding, highlight the following key components for unmarked aims pages: * What is the problem? * What has been done already to address the problem? * What is the gap that remains? * How do you propose to address this gap? 1. Small Groups/Volunteers: Share what you identified for each section. Orally state the hypothesis. Is it clearly testable? 1. In 1-2 sentences describe the importance and impact of the work and any other feedback* for Jazzmin and/or Peter. *Guidelines for providing critiques/feedback: * Make sure to highlight strengths * Offer specific critiques WITH suggestions for improvements * e.g. avoid saying something is unclear or vague. In what way is it unclear or vague? How could it be improved? * Critique the product, not the person * e.g. 'I am unsure of what X means in the gap statement' is better than 'I don't know what you mean when you wrote X in the gap statement * Consider providing feedback with the 'compliment sandwich' (i.e. complement then a constructive critique followed by another complement) * e.g. I like the way that X was stated and I think that Y is really strong. I was unsure about A and B and you might consider doing Z to strengthen those. Overall, great draft and exciting work! Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb@purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>