Summarizing my research role and contribution to each project...huh? But how?!

[jjame]

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Many secondaries ask for this, and I've been on 4 projects...and 2 of them are huge. I have/had a lead role on those and do a LOT of work, from A to Z...but this takes up a lot of space. And what if it bores the MSTP adcom?! How exactly are we supposed to meaningfully answer this, with all the accurate information that shows how much I worked, without going into boring detail?

 

[turtle114]

Minimize technical details, unless you have created a new technique or something similarly groundbreaking. Focus on your individual contributions. Explain the rationale for research/problem to be solved, what experiments you did, what the results were, and where this project is going next (or finish with publication if already published.)