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76 votes
12 answers
14k views

Is it ethical to buy noise canceling headphones with research funds?

51 votes
10 answers
3k views

How do I improve my rewriting and editing skills?

46 votes
9 answers
13k views

Why are (galley) proof requests given such a short deadline?

37 votes
3 answers
30k views

Dry erase boards: glass vs. white board

35 votes
4 answers
2k views

How independent should an academic be?

27 votes
4 answers
3k views

How to test (admitted) grad students before hiring them in your lab

23 votes
4 answers
15k views

Is it considered a self-plagiarism to reuse (published) abstracts for talks?

20 votes
2 answers
14k views

What does overhead rate mean?

17 votes
1 answer
2k views

Color space for papers: CMYK or RGB?

15 votes
3 answers
6k views

Is it a bad idea to send an article under review as a writing sample? (faculty job application)

14 votes
3 answers
863 views

What information should I include in a letter of support for a grant?

12 votes
1 answer
782 views

Is conpher.com / conpher legit?

12 votes
2 answers
3k views

Affiliation on a paper written mostly in previous position

10 votes
4 answers
2k views

Does mentoring an undergrad give an edge on job or grant applications?

10 votes
4 answers
3k views

NSF two-ninths salary rule vs. NIH model

8 votes
2 answers
5k views

Are book reviews peer-reviewed? Are news articles peer-reviewed?

8 votes
3 answers
368 views

Building a workshop website

8 votes
3 answers
3k views

Why ask both for CV and publication list?

8 votes
1 answer
412 views

Is sending a CV with recommendation letter a good idea?

7 votes
2 answers
2k views

Is consent required to record audio of a conference talk in the US?

7 votes
3 answers
572 views

Managing lab funds

6 votes
1 answer
425 views

Talking about other projects in a job talk

5 votes
1 answer
108 views

Why does NIH study section website robot.txt disallow search? [closed]

4 votes
1 answer
2k views

Consulting while being a postdoc

4 votes
1 answer
384 views

Co-organizing a workshop, does diversity matter?

3 votes
1 answer
335 views

Writing recommendation letters for two fellowship candidates, conflict of interest?

2 votes
0 answers
47 views

Royalty distribution negotiable?

0 votes
1 answer
174 views

Should a Kickstarter funding be in an academic CV?