Use unit 12 of appendix 11 for written practice exercises

a) Visit the website given below and use a free internet tutorial to study more information on plagiarism, citation and copyright.

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/law-sumup.html

Follow the links to other websites and pages and compose a short presentation on

• referencing and citation
• examples of reference and citation
• avoidance of plagiarism

b) Find synonyms and definitions to the following words from the text: contravention, preliminary, simultaneous, fraud, severity, refute, perpetrator, questionable, expose, retaliation. When looking for the synonyms compare at least two Internet resources which might be helpful to you, e.g. Wordsmyth & Webster dictionary or any others usually called thesauruses (www.thesaurus.com). Which of the sources turns out to be most efficient?

Part 2. Academic writing practice

Preparing grant proposal

Typical project proposal consists of following sections: cover sheet, table of contents, project summary, project description, references cited, biographical sketches, budget, special information and supplementary documentation.

Cover Sheet

There are several major components of the cover sheet of the proposal. The information requested on the Cover Sheet is as follows:

• Title of Proposed Project

The title of the project must be brief, scientifically or technically valid, intelligible to a scientifically or technically literate reader, and suitable for the use in public press.

• Information (including address information).

Each individual’s name and e-mail address must be entered in the boxes provided.

• Previous awards (if available)

Table of Contents

The table of contents is an essential part of the project proposal. It should be brief (no more than one page) and contain all parts of the proposal and indication to the corresponding pages. If you are involved in a group project, make sure to discuss the table of contents with all the participants.

Project Summary

The proposal is supposed to contain a summary of the proposed activity suitable for publication, not more than one page in length. It should not be an abstract of the proposal, but rather a self-contained description of the activity that would result if the proposal was funded. The summary should be written in the third person and include a statement of objectives and methods to be employed. It must clearly address in separate statements:

• the intellectual merit of the proposed activity;
• the broader impacts resulting from the proposed activity.

It should be informative to other persons working in the same or related fields and, insofar as possible, understandable to a scientifically or technically literate lay reader.

Project Description

The Project Description should provide a clear statement of the work to be undertaken and must include:

• objectives for the period of the proposed work and expected significance;
• relation to longer-term goals of the project;
• and relation to the present state of knowledge in the field, to work in progress under other support and to work in progress elsewhere.

The Project Description should outline the general plan of the work, including the broad design of activities to be undertaken, and, where appropriate, provide a clear description of experimental methods and procedures and plans for preservation, documentation, and sharing of data, samples, physical collections, curriculum materials and other related research and education products. It must describe as an integral part of the narrative, the broader impacts resulting from the proposed activities, addressing one or more of the following as appropriate for the project: how the project will integrate research and education by advancing discovery and understanding while at the same time promoting teaching, training, and learning; ways in which the proposed activity will broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., consider gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic position, etc.); how the project will enhance the infrastructure for research and/or education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships; how the results of the project will be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding; and potential benefits of the proposed activity to society at large.

Reference cited

Reference information is always required in the project proposal. Each reference must include the names of all authors (in the same sequence in which they appear in the publication), the article and journal title, book title, volume number, page numbers, and year of publication. If the document is available electronically, the website address should also be identified. Proposers must be especially careful to follow the accepted scholarly practices in providing citations for source materials relied upon when preparing any section of the proposal. While there is no established page limitation for the references, this section must include bibliographic citations only and must not be used to provide parenthetical information outside of the Project Description.

Biographical Sketches

A biographical sketch (limited to two pages) is required for each individual identified as senior project personnel. The following information must be provided in the order and format specified below. Do not submit personal information such as home address; home telephone, fax, or cell phone numbers; home e-mail address; date of birth; citizenship; drivers’ license numbers; marital status; personal hobbies; and the like. Such personal information is irrelevant to the merits of the proposal. Biographical sketches should include:

• Professional Preparation

A list of the individual's undergraduate and graduate education and postdoctoral training.

• Appointments

A list, in reverse chronological order, of all the individual's academic/professional appointments beginning with the current appointment.

• Publications

A list of up to 5 publications most closely related to the proposed project; and up to 5 other significant publications, whether or not related to the proposed project. Each publication identified must include the names of all authors (in the same sequence in which they appear in the publication), the article and journal title, book title, volume number, page numbers, and year of publication. If the document is available electronically, the website address should also be identified. For unpublished manuscripts, list only those submitted or accepted for publication (along with most likely date of publication). Patents, copyrights and software systems developed may be substituted for publications. Additional lists of publications, invited lectures, etc., must not be included.

• Synergistic Activities

A list of up to five examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual’s professional and scholarly activities that focus on the integration and transfer of knowledge as well as its creation. Examples could include, among others: innovations in teaching and training (e.g., development of curricular materials and pedagogical methods); contributions to the science of learning; development and/or refinement of research tools; and algorithms for problem-solving; development of databases to support research and education; broadening the participation of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics, engineering and technology; and service to the scientific and engineering community outside of the individual’s immediate organization.

• Collaborators & Other Affiliations (if available)

Collaborators and Co-Editors. A list of all persons in alphabetical order (including their current organizational affiliations) who are currently, or who have been collaborators or co-authors with the individual on a project, book, article, report, abstract or paper during the 48 months preceding the submission of the proposal. Also include those individuals who are currently or have been co-editors of a journal, compendium, or conference proceedings during the 24 months preceding the submission of the proposal. If there are no collaborators or co-editors to report, this should be so indicated. Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors should also be included. A list of the names of the individual’s own graduate advisor(s) and principal postdoctoral sponsor(s), and their current organizational affiliations.

Budget

Each proposal must contain a budget for each year of support requested, unless a particular program solicitation stipulates otherwise. The amounts requested for each budget line item should be documented and justified in the budget justification as specified below. The budget justification should be no more than three pages.

The budget should include:

• Senior Project Personnel Salaries & Wages Policy
• Procedures. The names of the student, faculty, and the estimated number of full-time-equivalent academic-year, summer, or calendar-year person-months for which funding is requested per year must be listed.
• Travel.Travel and its relation to the proposed activities must be specified and itemized by destination and cost. Funds may be requested for field work, attendance at meetings and conferences, and other travel associated with the proposed work.

In order to qualify for support, however, attendance at meetings or conferences must be necessary to accomplish proposal objectives, or disseminate its results.

• Publication/Documentation.The proposal budget may request funds for the costs of documenting, preparing, publishing or otherwise making available to others the findings and products of the work conducted under the grant. This generally includes the following types of activities: reports, reprints, necessary illustrations; cleanup, documentation, storage and indexing of data and databases; development, documentation and debugging of software; and storage, preservation, documentation, indexing, etc., of physical specimens, collections or fabricated items.

• Direct costs – costs that are directly attributed to the administration of the project
• Indirect costs – administrative costs that cannot be directly attributed to a specific project or an activity.