Nov. 19, 2008 - NSF CAREER Seminar

Presentations:

The NSF CAREER Program - overview (Lucy Deckard)

Writing an NSF CAREER Proposal - Step-by-Step (Laurie Garton)

The Education Component (Jeff Froyd)

Other Resources:

NSF CAREER Page and Solicitation

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

    Some successful CAREER proposal examples on-line:

•          http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/research/NSFgrants.html

•          http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/papers/01/career/career.pdf

•          http://www.math.uic.edu/~bshipley/career.education.pdf

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
• Jeffrey E. Froyd, "Evidence for Efficacy of Student-active Learning Pedagogies," A collection of journal articles and websites on current research related to the use of student-active pedagogies (a great resource for your education background if you plan to use student-active learning).
 

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.