Simplifying scientific writing
Providing personalized scientific writing and editing services for manuscripts, presentations, grant applications, CVs, and more
What can I offer you?
Scientific writing is difficult. You spend so much of your time doing great research, but that research needs to be translated to a manuscript or poster or presentation or grant. This kind of writing doesn’t come easily. I happen to love it. I want to help you present your work in the best light.
I am a PhD scientist with years of experience in academia and industry, writing and editing scientific manuscripts, presentations, CVs, and grant applications. I will develop a customized plan for you, and I will stay in contact with you throughout the project. I will not consider the project complete until you are satisfied.
Core Offerings
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Basic Editing - English Language and Word Count
Thorough English language editing or word count reduction of many types of documents
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Content Editing - Manuscripts and Grant Applications
Free consultation meeting, detailed time and cost estimate. Editing for English language, grammar, word count, scientific comprehension, flow, and structure. Includes optional video meeting(s) as needed.
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Collaborative Manuscript Completion
Free consultation meeting, detailed time and cost estimate. Completion of a manuscript suitable for publication in your journal of choice. Includes video meeting(s) as needed.
Detailed offerings
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English language or word count reduction service; may include higher level suggestions if time allows.
$100 for <2000 words
$150 for 2000-3999 words
$200 for 4000-4999 words
Please inquire for larger documents.
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What’s included:
Free 30-min consultation and evaluation of work
Detailed cost and time estimate
Detailed revision for word choice, grammar, sentence structure, harmonizing style, flow between paragraphs and between sections, and suggestions for optional changes needed. English language editing and word count reduction included automatically.
Unlimited e-mail correspondence, scheduled video discussions if desired.
Standard rate is $150 per hour of work, including editing time and video meeting time. No charge for e-mail correspondence.
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Need to finish your manuscript? I can help.
What’s included:
Free 30-min consultation and evaluation of current progress and work required
Detailed cost and time estimate to complete manuscript
Final product will be a manuscript suitable for journal submission. Includes writing text and completing sections based on current progress and available data, with detailed attention to word choice, grammar, sentence structure, harmonizing style, flow between paragraphs and between sections, and suggestions for optional changes needed. English language editing and word count reduction included automatically.
Unlimited e-mail correspondence, scheduled video discussions if desired.
Standard rate is $150 per hour of work, including editing time and video meeting time. Minimum $750 for 5 hours per project.
Please note: following the initial consultation, I might determine that there is not sufficient information or data available to generate a submission-ready manuscript. If so, we can discuss other options for services.
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What’s included:
Free 30-min consultation and evaluation of work required
Detailed cost and time estimate
Detailed revision for word choice, grammar, sentence structure, harmonizing style, flow between paragraphs and between sections, and suggestions for optional changes needed. Formatting consistent with the type of grant and funding agency when possible. English language editing and word count reduction included automatically.
Unlimited e-mail correspondence, scheduled video discussions if desired.
Standard rate is $150 per hour of work, including editing time and video meeting time. No charge for e-mail correspondence.
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Powerpoint poster and Powerpoint or Keynote presentation editing
What’s included:
Free 30-min consultation and evaluation of work required
Detailed cost and time estimate
Detailed revision for word choice, grammar, sentence structure, harmonizing style, flow between slides or sections, and suggestions for optional changes needed. English language editing and word count reduction included automatically.
Unlimited e-mail correspondence, scheduled video discussions if desired.
Standard rate is $150 per hour of work, including editing time and video meeting time. No charge for e-mail correspondence.
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What’s included:
Review, edit, and suggest improvements to your CV or resume. Offered to students and postdocs only.
Special rate: $50
I view this service as an introduction to my editing capabilities and style. I hope that you are impressed with the result!
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My standard rate of $150 per hour is based on my experience and the attention I give to your project. I provide an honest assessment of the time needed to complete a project, and we can negotiate the overall cost.
English language editing, word count reduction, and CV/resume review for students and postdocs are services that I offer at a discount from my standard hourly rate.
I also offer sliding scale pricing for students, postdocs, and early career researchers who cannot use institutional or grant funds for my services. These fees start at 50% of my normal rate. Sliding scale excludes the fixed pricing for CV/resume reviews.
FAQs
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For some projects, especially involving documents with very low word counts, commercial editing services could offer lower prices. For larger or more complex projects, my rates are comparable to those of commercial services.
For all projects, I will provide a much more customized and attentive level of service, and I provide frequent and complimentary communication throughout the project.
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The cost of each project will vary depending on the work required, but as an example:
If you have a 4,000-word manuscript that is complete but needs editing for grammar, style, harmonization, and flow, I estimate 4 hours of work, or $600, for the project. This includes unlimited e-mail correspondence and a 30-minute video discussion if desired.
If a 4,000 word manuscript does not require editing for writing and flow, but only needs English language editing or word count reduction, then I would estimate $200 for the project, as stated in the “detailed offerings” section.
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I offer sliding scale fees for students, postdocs, and early career researchers who cannot use institutional or grant funds for my services. This sliding scale rate is 50% of my standard rate, or $50-100+ for basic editing and $75 per hour for larger or complex projects.
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Me! I’m a one-woman shop here. I am an industry scientist, a research biologist with a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology and experience in startup and big Pharma. I have 13 years of scientific editing and writing experience. I will complete your project personally.
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According to authorship and acknowledgement conventions, writing and editing work should be included in the Acknowledgements of your manuscript submission. You may use the following phrase:
“We would like to thank Ann Marie E Faust for editing and revising this manuscript.”
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For manuscripts and other scientific documents, Microsoft Word documents are accepted. This file format is easiest to track changes and make suggestions. Please inquire if you only have a PDF or LaTeX version of your document.
For presentations and posters, PowerPoint and Keynote files are accepted.
Contact Us
Tell me about your project, what service you’re looking for, or any other questions. I will follow up in 24-48 hours - I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
