Rachel Beane w ith contributions from Richelle AllenKing Heather Macdonald amp Cathy Manduca Critical Pieces of a Proposal A clearly articulated doable project State hypothesis or research questions clearly ID: 557826
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Reviewing Successful Proposals and Devel..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Reviewing Successful Proposals and Developing a Proposal Idea of One's Own
Rachel
Beane
w
ith
contributions from
Richelle
Allen-King, Heather Macdonald & Cathy
ManducaSlide2
Critical Pieces of a ProposalA clearly articulated, doable project
State hypothesis or research questions clearly
A well-formulated argument for why this is important, how this fits into previous work, and why you are the one to do it
A definite plan for implementation
A track record
Preliminary data/previous publications
Pilot projects
Partnerships with recognized experts Slide3
Proposal ReviewWhat are the criteria?
NSF
Criterion 1: Intellectual Merit
Criterion
2: Broader Impacts
Program Guidelines
Your institution
American Chemical Society, NASA, NOAA,
Dept
of Education,
Dept
of Energy, Dept of Transportation, ONR, EPA, US Geological Survey EDMAP, …
Who are the reviewers? Slide4
Reviewing Successful ProposalsSlide5
Writing a Strong ProposalGrant writing as a persuasive essayWhat do you want to do?Why is it important?
How will you do it?
Why are you the best person to do this?
What do you need to succeed
?
Clear, concise,
compelling
Follow the rulesSlide6
Know what you want and why you want itAvoid upsetting reviewers - take care to cite relevant sources, give credit where due
Approach
it as a 'hypothesis testing' proposal rather than as a 'prove something' proposal.
Contact
relevant program officer – questions about ideas, mechanics – before
submission
Words of WisdomSlide7
This afternoon’s optionsDevelop a an idea you have for a project
(for either
internal or external
funding) and then
participate in a pre-proposal peer feedback discussion
Goal/hypothesis/question
Significance/importance
Plan
(short outline about
what you will do
)
Read successful proposals
on your
own
On-site proposal collection
Proposal collection on the Cutting Edge website
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/research/funding.html