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Resources for NSF
NSF has issued a new Grant Proposal Guide effective June 1, 2007. Acceptable fonts for NSF proposals are now limited to Arial, Helvetica, Palatino, Computer Modern and Georgia with font size 10 points or larger and no more than 6 lines of type per 1-inch vertical space.
Twelve Steps to a Winning Research Proposal by George Hazelrigg
Advice on writing Proposals to the National Science Foundation, by Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University
Helpful NSF Webpages
NSF Award Search (go to "Search All Fields" tab to search by PI, keyword, institution, program, NSF directorate, etc.)
NSF Grant Proposal Guide (Jan. '08 - note especially changes in allowable fonts in Section II. B.)
Subscribe to NSF for e-mail updates
Information on the next NSF Regional Grants Conference and presentations from recent Regional Grants Conferences
Presentations and Tutorials
OPD Presentation on NSF presented in Fall '07 Seminar
Presentation by Cliff Jacobs (NSF Program Manager) at UCAR Members Meeting (Oct. 9, 2007) - This presentation has lots of good data on funding rates, which is not easy to find.
Helpful recent talk by T. Pinkston, NSF CISE Program Director
NSF Regional Conferences and Workshops (scroll down to "Presentations from Recent Events" for links to presentations made at most recent NSF Grants Conference) - October 2007 conference materials now posted
NSF Office of International Science and Engineering
Challenges, Opportunities and New Directions
NSF Undergraduate Research Workshop
Rutgers NSF CAREER workshop presentations:
- Overview of common problems of CAREER proposals and requirements (by Dr Michael Pazzani)
- Detailed description of CAREER proposal components and the review process (by Dr. Monica Mazurek)
- Discussion of the CAREER Educational Component (by Dr. Monica Devanas) - this includes a lot of information on programs specific to Rutgers, but also gives some nice examples of education activities that are generally applicable.
Useful Links
Transformative Research Will Be a Core, Articulated NSF Value (National Science Board Release - pdf)
NSF Transformative Research - Change to the Intellectional Merit Review Criterion
Sept. 24, 2007: National Science Board approved a motion to enhance support of transformative research at the NSF. Additionally, the Board approved a change to the Intellectual Merit Review Criterion specified in Part I of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide: the Grant Proposal Guide to specifically include review of the extent to which a proposal also suggests and explores potentially transformative concepts.
Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles, NSF DCL September 19
The NSF Geosciences Directorate is substantially augmenting their past funding sources to explicitly support emerging areas of interdisciplinary research.
Major Research Instrumentation Cost-Sharing Notice, NSF DCL October 1
The National Science Foundation will require cost-sharing in the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program of at least 30%. This is a change from recent previous years.