Schedule an Editing Project | Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core | Carver College of Medicine

Your Name

Your Email

Type of Project

Single-Project Grant

Multi-Project Grant

Research Article

Other

Title of Article

Journal Name

Title of Grant

Funding Agency

NIH Institute or NSF Division

Grant Mechanism

Title of Project

URL to Funding Opportunity

Project Description (e.g., Review Article, Letter of Recommendation, etc.)

Proposed date for meeting about editing needs and expectations

This will be an opportunity for us to learn about when you expect to use our services and what level of input you require (e.g. preparation of templates, style guides, and/or timelines based on Funding Opportunity Announcements, and/or editing of early drafts for content and responsiveness to funding agency scoring criteria, versus polishing of language only). This will enable us to set aside an appropriate amount of time for our work on your grant.

Date you expect to send us your document(s) for editing

Date you expect to send us the first document(s) for editing

Typically this will be a first draft of the Specific Aims page (or equivalent), and ideally it will be sent to us 2 months before the funding agency deadline. Timing of sending us a revised version and other documents to be edited can subsequently be discussed with the editor. Should you find that you cannot adhere to this schedule, please let us know as soon as possible.

Date by which you need the edited document returned

Funding agency deadline

Preferred Editor

No Preference

Christine Blaumueller

Jennifer Barr

Heather Widmayer

Michael Rebagliati

Level of Editing Requested

Mechanics

Proofing for grammar, typographical mistakes, and other errors (provided for all projects)

Style, clarity, and presentation

Suggestions toward improving text flow and sentence/paragraph structure; highlighting significance of the research; and, in the case of multi-author documents, achieving a single voice

Science

Review from the perspective of a non-specialist reviewer; on request, feedback on how well scoring criteria for grants are covered

Any special requirements or concerns

Billing

For billing see our hourly rates and project time ranges.
Clients from the University of Iowa who are not affiliated with a department that fully subsidizes the SERCC editing services (see list of supporting departments) should provide an MFK.
Clients from outside the University of Iowa will be billed by invoice and they will be able to pay by credit card or check.

If the costs of your project will be covered by one of the subsidizing departments or programs, please select it from the following list:

MFK for University of Iowa jobs not covered by the above-listed subsidizing departments

Once you submit this form we will contact you to confirm that your project has been scheduled. In the meantime you can submit your document(s) to COM-ScientificEditing@uiowa.edu. The documents should be submitted in Word format and, other than the Specific Aims page, they will ideally be submitted together. If time is an issue, certain subsections of the Research Strategy can be submitted as they are ready, but the smallest acceptable units are:

Specific Aims page (or equivalent); ideally the first draft will be submitted by 2 months, and a revision by 4 weeks, before the funding agency deadline.
Significance and Innovation sections (or equivalents)
Approach section (or equivalent)
Any others (e.g., Abstract, Project Narrative, Introduction, Biosketches, Vertebrate Animals)

We look forward to working with you on your project.

Once you submit this form, we will contact you to confirm that your project has been scheduled. In the meantime you can submit your document(s) to COM-ScientificEditing@uiowa.edu.

We look forward to working with you on your project.

Once you submit this form, we will contact you to confirm that your project has been scheduled. In the meantime you can submit your document(s) to COM-ScientificEditing@uiowa.edu.

Up to 4 documents should be included:

Main text, including figure legends, as single file (Word format)
Main figures * (Submit figure legend text in Word format; figures may be submitted merged together in a single PDF or PPT file)
Supplementary materials (Submit figure legend text in Word format; figures may be submitted merged together in a single PDF or PPT file)
Cover letter to journal’s editorial office (Word format)

We look forward to working with you on your project.