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[rivka]

First rough chop of grant application to meet draconian new page limits: 25 pages to 18. I still have to get it down to 12.

Also, I haven't added all the "more detail" sections I promise the reviewers in my response to their critiques. "We have revised Section X.X to include more information about scenarios in which CBT techniques may be incorporated in PATCH, as well as additional examples of an MI approach to conspiracy beliefs." "We expanded the discussion of subject availability and recruitment strategies in Section X.X." "Please see Section X.X for more details about how potential participants will be approached once they have been identified." Yeah, none of that will be a problem when the PAGE LIMITS HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF.

I haven't read the chopped version yet to see if it even makes sense. *weeps tears of blood*

Comments

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome! Alas, probably not very useful in this case.

*wants to go write a grant - or in my case, a paper - solely in textspeak now*

[ailbhe]

You could use a twitterator thing to shorten everything first, then go and manually shorten some more. Or moar. No, a lolgrantapplicashun would be wrong.

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

I think the lolgrantapplicashun process is for another time, sadly. rivka needs to cut, not add in all those LOLs and CAN HAZes and whatever. Next time, maybe?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Conspiracy beliefs may play a role in ART initiation, refusal, n adherence, although dis area has bn under-studied.

da proposed project is a bridge in a larger body of research designed to identify, explore, n reduce da negative impact of HIV conspiracy theories among African-Americans w/ HIV.

The autoshorteners don't seem to shorten it enough to be worthwhile.

[ailbhe]

Perhaps it's more a job for Making Light-style disemvoweling...

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Th prpsd prjct s hghl nnvtv n ts fcs n HV cnsprc blfs n ts trgt f RT nttn.

That would help a lot with the limits, yes. But wouldn't it create an automatic bias in the reviewer that the grant must not actually be worth reading? I know I feel vaguely soiled just looking at that text.

[ailbhe]

... or possible to read, even, which txtspk and LOL both are. Drat. I'm all out of shortcuts now.

Subliminal text! that's what you need...

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Heeee!

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

My HIV studeez, let me show u dem.