You are advised to remove personal information from your postings and
substitute fictitious names for your employment history.
To preserve the flow of your content, you can
substitute fictitious names, facts, and information.
Devine and her team has
substituted fictitious names — those stereotypically borne by whites or blacks, and by men or women — on past NIH grant applications to test whether reviewers are biased by race and gender.
Although the researchers wanted to preserve as much of the original application as possible,
substituting a fictitious name occasionally forced them to make other adjustments as well.