Spring Manuscript Sprint Signups

On your mark, get set, go…to submission of your next manuscript!

Whether you’re having trouble getting out of the blocks or just want colleagues to run alongside, now is the time to join a Manuscript Sprint coordinated by the Office of Clinical and Translational Scientist Development.  Manuscript Sprint Teams are small groups made up of researchers who are each ready to press to completion of a manuscript over 6 to 8 weeks.  Investigators from across public health, psychosocial, clinical, translational and basic sciences are welcome, but you must have been an author on at least one previously published paper.

Sprint Teams of 3 to 5 authors meet weekly to review components of each others’ papers and keep each other accountable.  Teams submit manuscript sections to their fellow group members by email attachment or via a REDCap file repository one week before meetings.  Teams commit to providing written comments to each other each week.  Weekly meetings are used for focused comments and critique.

Orientation to sprints and writing resources are briefly reviewed at the first meeting. Depending on number and schedules of interested participants, Manuscript Sprint Teams will be forming at the following times and locations.  Groups will handle scheduling around breaks/holidays among themselves and may select new meeting locations.

The first part of your paper will be due to your group one week before the beginning date listed.  (Details to follow for those who sign up.)

Please reply by Friday, March 14, if you want to sign up for a Sprint.  (If you are flexible on date and time, it helps to mention it.)  In your email, let us know your general area of research and draft title of your manuscript.  Please feel free to forward this email to any investigators in the areas above who might be interested.

If you are interested but not able to participate in this round, you may reply with start date ranges, times, and locations that would be best for you.

See you at the finish line!