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April 10, 2008 NSF CAREER Workshop offered via TTVN
Workshop offered jointly by the TEES Strategic Research Development Office and the Texas A&M Office of Proposal Development for faculty from TAMU System institutions and TEES divisions who are interested in applying for an NSF CAREER grant.
Presentations:
Presentation - Part 1 (Lucy Deckard)
Presentation - Part 2 (Laurie Garton)
Presentation by Jennifer Ren (TAMU-Kingsville)
Other resources:
NSF CAREER webpage (see link near bottom of page for abstracts of recent CAREER awards)
Old NSF CAREER webpage (see link near bottom of page for abstracts of previous CAREER awards; this is not on the new CAREER webpage yet.)
Broader Impacts description from NSF
Links to NSF Representative Activities (to address the broader impacts criterion) and to the American Chemical Society Broader Impacts Showcase.
Education-related articles that can be useful references for the education section
Excellent Resource for Education-related articles
Examples of Education and Outreach activities
Other helpful resources:
- "NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Tips," An excellent collection of essays by CAREER winners edited by ZJ Pei; produced by the Eng Directorate, but most of the advice is generally applicable. One warning: since some of the writers won their CAREERs several years ago, some of the advice is dated - particularly regarding letters of support (these are no longer allowed; only letters of collaboration are allowed). (pdf)
- Rutgers Website - the Rutgers Office of Research and Sponsored Programs website has a nice collection of workshop presentations posted:
- 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.
Examples
NSF CAREER proposals submitted by Dr. Eugene Billiot, Texas A&M Corpus Christi (CAREER awardee and PECASE winner)
Many thanks to Dr. Billiot for generously volunteering to share all three of his CAREER proposals with the reviews
Dr. Eugene Billiot's CAREER proposal - Attempt 1 (not funded)
Dr. Eugene Billiot's CAREER proposal - Attempt 2 (not funded)
Dr. Eugene Billiot's CAREER proposal - Attempt 3 (funded)
Other Examples:
CAREER department head letter (example)
Example CAREER Outline 1 (MS Word Document)
Example CAREER Outline 2 (PDF)