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From CV to NIH biosketch, start to finish

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Walk through making an NIH biosketch from a CV, part by part, and download it as a Word file.

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What to do and say

A sample script of about 85 words. Say it your own way.

  1. 0:00

    DoOpen the biosketch section of a sample CV, name a version, and choose Start a biosketch.

    SayNeed an NIH biosketch? Here is one built from a CV in ScienceDex.

  2. 0:08

    DoShow the parts: identifying information, the personal statement, products and contributions to science.

    SayI name a version and start: identifying information, a personal statement, products and contributions to science.

  3. 0:20

    DoPick products from the CV's own publications, and type a short personal statement.

    SayProducts come straight from my CV's publication list, so nothing is typed twice. The personal statement I write myself.

  4. 0:35

    DoChoose Download Word, and open the file to show the same sections in order.

    SayDownload Word gives me a file with the same sections in the same order as SciENcv.

  5. 0:50

    DoSay that NIH takes biosketches made in SciENcv, and where to find ScienceDex.

    SayNIH takes biosketches made in SciENcv, so I check it and paste each part there. Try it at sciencedex.com.

Posting it yourself? Say that ConductScience paid you, in the video or the caption, and use the platform's paid partnership label if it has one.

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What viewers should learn

A biosketch can start from the CV you already keep. ScienceDex lays it out in the same sections and order as SciENcv, where NIH takes biosketches.

Try it before you film

Open it first: NIH biosketch on sciencedex.com. It needs no account. The biosketch lists works from the CV, so import a sample CV first.

Use a CV you make up, for a person who does not exist, with no real school names. Never show real participants, children, patients, private records or unpublished results. Get permission before you film at your school or workplace, or name it. The handbook has the rest.

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