I'm taking a break from my own grant application by assessing other grant applications, because I'm a nerd like that. Doing this is providing a good reminder of the benefit of leaving some white space and including plenty of figures in my own application
Personally, I aim to have at least ONE object per page. This object could be either be a figure, text box, or table.
I’ve had a few people tell me you should leave about 1/5 of the final page blank to demonstrate that your project is so clear that don’t even need the whole page limit to describe it. That’s some 3D chess right there...
Another thought: Anyone can write in their application that "they have a commitment to open science principles", but it's much better to include examples of how you've *already* been doing this.
It can take time to implement open science practices in your lab. The best time to have gotten started was a few years ago. The second best time is now. It's ok if this is incremental, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Start by posting your analysis scripts, for example.
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