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Title: Using the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal to Train Original Scientific Writing Skills in First-Year Graduate Students: A Demonstrated Project at the University of Iowa
Award ID(s):
1844720
PAR ID:
10328617
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Environmental Engineering Science
Volume:
39
Issue:
3
ISSN:
1557-9018
Page Range / eLocation ID:
197 to 201
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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