February 3, 2009 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)

Other resources:

NSF CAREER Webpage (link to abstracts of recent awards made through this program is near the bottom of the page.)

To check out CAREER awards from a particular program, follow the recent awards link mentioned above, then click on the program of interest anywhere it is listed in the search results table. This will bring up all awards funded by that program. Go to the top and type "CAREER: FACULTY EARLY CAR DEV" in the Program field, and don't change the number in the element code field. Then hit search.)

NSF CAREER solicitation

How to use the NSF website to help identify the NSF Program that best fits your research (OPD Newsletter article)

Broader Impacts description from NSF

American Chemical Society Broader Impacts Showcase.

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.