March 5, 2008 - Panel Discussion: How to Compete for Funding at NSF
This seminar included a short background presentation on the basics of NSF, then a panel discussion and Q&A session with faculty who have been very successful in getting funded by NSF and have been reviewers for the various directorates.
Short background presentation on NSF (Lucy Deckard)
More Comprehensive 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 was a point of discussion by the panel. This kind of information is not easy to find, so take a look. (Many thanks to Ken Bowman for sending us this)
Panelists (and NSF directorate they have worked with):
- Dr. Ken Bowman, Professor and Dept. Head, Atmospheric Sciences (GEO)
- Dr. Abraham Clearfield, Professor Dept. of Chemistry (MPS)
- Dr. Micky Eubanks, Associate Professor, Entomology (BIO)
- Dr. Eddie Harmon-Jones, Professor, Psychology (SBE)
- Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger, Professor, Computer Science (CISE)
- Dr. Dan Shantz, Assoc. Professor, Chemical Eng (ENG and MPS)
Helpful Resources for NSF (from Handout)
Guide to Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp
NSF web page “About Funding”
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/aboutfunding.jsp
NSF web page “Active Funding Opportunities” (by due date)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=rcnt
NSF Award Search
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.jsp
NSF Grant Proposal Guide
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf08_1/gpg_index.jsp
NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf08_1/index.jsp
Subscribe to NSF for e-mail updates
http://service.govdelivery.com/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USNSF&custom_id=823
Information on the next NSF Regional Grants Conference and presentations from recent Regional Grants Conferences
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/outreach.jsp
Helpful recent talk by T. Pinkston, NSF Program Director
http://commsci.usc.edu/news/slides/NSF-Talk_at_USC_03-07.ppt
“A Guide for Proposal Writing,” by NSF
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9891/nsf9891.htm
“Twelve Steps to a Winning Research Proposal,” by George Hazelrigg
http://www.mm.cs.sunysb.edu/300/lectures/proposal.pdf
“Advice on Writing Proposals to the National Science Foundation,” Susan Finger
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sfinger/advice/advice.html
OPD web page, “Resources for NSF”
http://opd.tamu.edu/proposal-resources/resources-for-nsf.html
OPD NSF Toolkit
http://opd.tamu.edu/the-craft-of-writing-workbook/toolkit-for-nsf
OPD Fall Seminar presentations with agency-focused breakout sessions
NSF CAREER Seminar
