For faculty wanting to publish faster, better, and with less stress

How to fund scientific writing training for your lab

Writing support for your students makes sense. Funding it shouldn’t be hard.

You’re not alone. Most institutions don’t make it clear how to cover writing training, and figuring it out can feel like one more thing on your plate.

So students go without support, you keep rewriting drafts, and everyone loses.

What you’ll get:

  • 3 clear funding pathways

  • Example justifications you can copy and paste

  • Email templates to request funding approval

  • Tips to navigate institutional policies without confusion

Supporting students in scientific writing is critical—but the system doesn’t make it easy

Most institutions don’t offer high-quality writing courses, and funding external courses is rarely straightforward. So faculty like you do what they always do: step in, patch the gaps, and try to make it work.

But that approach keeps your lab from reaching its full potential.

You’re juggling research, grants, mentorship, administrative burden, and reviews—and now carrying the burden of writing instruction too. It’s well-intentioned, but it’s not scalable.

That’s where I come in. I work directly with your students to teach the writing and publishing skills they need to succeed—if you can find the funding to get them there.

This guide shows you exactly how to do that—so your students get the training they need, and your lab creates the scientific impact it was supposed to have.

With the right support in place, you can turn your lab into a Publishing Powerhouse.

Hey there!

Julia Koehler Leman, PhD

Scientific Communication Consultant, Computational Biologist, Mentor

I’m Julia Koehler Leman, a trained scientist and software developer with nearly two decades of experience in academia. I’ve published over 30 papers—including in Nature Methods and Nature Communications—mentored more than 30 trainees, and developed a system that help trainees write and publish faster, with fewer revision cycles and a lot less stress.

I created CYS Consulting because I’ve experienced first-hand how much time faculty lose to editing and rewriting their students' manuscript drafts. Most trainees aren’t taught how to write scientifically—and faculty end up picking up the slack. My goal is to change that.

Through my programs and resources, I help scientists:

  • Avoid common writing mistakes that waste time

  • Submit better drafts a lot faster

  • Develop more independent, confident trainees

  • Save hours of editing time—without sacrificing quality

With a rejection rate of around 3%, I know what it takes to get papers accepted—and I love helping others do the same.

Let’s make scientific communication easier—for you, and for your lab.