Funding for Research
FRAME funds education and research that leads to the development and progression of non-animal research methods.
There are a number of resources to support you in writing a clear and publishable manuscript, but it is worth noting that many considerations need to be undertaken way before you consider writing up your work. Well designed experiments will be much easier to write up, much more acceptable to peer-review, and ultimately raise the quality of available research on which to base future funding, policy and practice. For resources to help with experimental design visit here.
If you are planning animal studies, the first question we would ask is are you absolutely sure there is no other way of achieving you goal? If not, are you certain your questions are absolutely necessary? If an animal study continues to be your chosen approach, we suggest you look at the PREPARE guidelines, and for writing up and reporting animal studies, FRAME always advocates the use of the ARRIVE guidelines. Where animal research is still conducted, it is critically important that it is of the highest quality, reproducible and well disseminated to eliminate needless repetition of experiments and waste of animal lives and funding.
A number of publishers have help available to researchers on writing, but a key list of questions to ask yourself before submitting your paper is:
FRAME can help support the wider outreach of work that fits with our mission. If you would like to discuss writing a blog with us, or other options for dissemination, then please get in touch via hello@frame.org.uk
Our publishing partner, Sage, offers a free online course in How to Get Published
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