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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

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

ARG.

If only you could shave the linespacing. *g*

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

How much are you allowed add as supporting documentation or appendices ? The one I did earier this year could only be 13 pages in the main grant body, but I was allowed another 13 pages of appendices, which was pleasantly and usefully surprising.

[ailbhe]

txtspk is out of the ? i spose.

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

Sigh - I am dreading cutting down my thesis as I know its going to be over. I suspect grant apps are even harder as you NEED that info for the app to make sense.
Remove all formating? So that all Titles etc are the same font/size as the paragraphs? Any way you can translate procedural processes into flow diagrams? May not take up as much space and they always say a picture paints a 1000 words.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Cutting a document in half while adding more detail is a neat trick. Good luck.

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[bosssio.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings

"I didn't have time to write a sentence so I wrote a paragraph instead"

I am sure you are doing this, but remove the second and third adverb and adjective in all sentences, grab your thesaurus, and use bullet points and tables and graphs.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Under the circumstances, a cover note to the effect of 'due to the revised page limit, it was not possible to expand on everything' might be advisable, just to remind reviewers that their expectations will not be met.

I'd also suggest that you get an external editor to go oover your text and see how it can be compressed without loss of detail. (I once cut a 3500 word article down to 1500 words. One idea bit the dust, but the rest was in there. That was... educational. Also not without wailing and cursing.)