December 13, 2007 - NSF CAREER Seminar
Seminar offered jointly by the RGS Office of Proposal Development and the TEES Office of Strategic Research Development on how to write a competitive proposal to the NSF CAREER program.
Presentations:
- Presentation on the CAREER program Part 1 (Lucy Deckard) (ppt)
- Presentation on the CAREER program Part 2 (Laurie Garton) (ppt)
- Presentation on the E3 RET program (Robin Autenrieth) (ppt)
Links to Resources :
Examples from Successful CAREER Proposals:
- Example CAREER Project Description Outlines#1 and #2 (pdfs)
- Example CAREER Project Summary (MS-Word file)
- Broader Impacts Examples from NSF (pdf)
- Examples of CAREER Education and Outreach Activities (MS Word File)
- Example Departmental Letter (MS-Word File)
-
Journey of a CAREER proposal (many thanks to Dr. Billiot for sharing his successful and unsuccessful proposals):
- Dr. Eugene Billiot's (TAMU-Corpus Christi) CAREER proposal - Attempt 1 (not funded)
- Attempt 1 Reviews
- Dr. Eugene Billiot's CAREER proposal - Attempt 2 (not funded)
- Attempt 2 Reviews
- Dr. Eugene Billiot's CAREER proposal - Attempt 3 (funded; he also won a PECASE)
- Attempt 3 Reviews
Resources and Information for Education and Outreach Components:
- Currently funded programs at TAMU to which you might connect for outreach and education components
- More Resources for Education and Diversity Components at TAMU (MS-Word File)
- Education-related articles that can be useful references for the education section (MS-Word File)
- Excellent Resource for Education-related articles
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)
- Other Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
- 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.
