Top AI tools for research writing: how researchers can find sources, analyse papers, and write faster

Discover the top 5 AI tools for research writing in 2026, including Perplexity AI, Elicit, Consensus, ChatGPT, and Zotero.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

On Grant-Writing: Just What Are Your Project’s ‘Specific Aims’?

If you’re an academic seeking an applied-research grant, the most-read element of your application will be the “specific aims” page. It serves as the face of your research proposal, and is often the ...
Miami University

Writing in Project Dragonfly

This resource provides a brief introduction to writing in Project Dragonfly (Biology and Ecology) through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: An overview of what writing characteristics are ...
C&EN

Writing the Research Plan for Your Academic Job Application

A research plan is a thoughtful, compelling, well-written document that outlines your exciting, unique research ideas that you and your students will pursue over the next half decade or so to advance ...
Nature

How to slay zombie research projects and move on

Amanda E. Cravens is a social-science researcher at the US Geological Survey’s Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Corvallis, Oregon. Rebecca L. Nelson is an environmental and ...
EurekAlert!

Genome Project-write virtual conference

NEW YORK, October 13, 2021—Genome Project-write will gather leading synthetic biologists, geneticists, scientific researchers, industry, press and interdisciplinary groups from around the globe at its ...