P.C. Shannon

I’m in the process of applying for an IGERT fellowship, and part of the application calls for a 1-2 page summary of research interests and goals. I wrote a first draft as best I could, having never attempted such a thing before. I felt like it was the biggest turd I’d ever written, but I showed it to my adviser and he said it was a good start. I guess I often forget that most people aren’t as concerned with wordcraft as I am (I did want to be a writer for a number of years). Moreover, scientists tend to think of writing as peripheral to their work, so being good with words gives me a leg up in a competitive field.