Insights for AI-Driven Research
Practical guides on integrating AI tools into your research workflow.
April 16, 2026
AI Tools for PhD Students: A Practical Survival Guide
The best AI tools for PhD students in 2026 — with real workflows for literature review in 2 hours, turning messy data into publishable figures, and drafting your dissertation chapter ethically.
April 15, 2026
The Researcher's Guide to Prompt Engineering in 2026
A practical guide for grad students, postdocs, and PIs on writing better prompts for research tasks — with 6 before/after examples, research-specific techniques, and the most common mistakes to avoid.
April 13, 2026
How Researchers Can Use AI to Write Better Grant Proposals
A practical guide for PIs and postdocs on using AI to accelerate NIH, NSF, and DOE grant writing — Specific Aims, Background, Significance, and more, with real prompts that work.
April 7, 2026
How to Use Claude Code for Academic Research: A Practical Guide
Step-by-step guide to using Claude Code for dataset analysis, statistical coding, literature automation, and figure generation — with concrete examples for researchers.
April 5, 2026
5 AI Workflows Every Research Lab Should Set Up in 2026
From literature review automation to internal knowledge management — practical AI workflows that save researchers hours every week.