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NSF CAREER Program: Funding Opportunity for Early Career Scientists

Learn about the NSF's prestigious CAREER program providing grants to outstanding junior faculty for research and education development. Track success rates, funding, and demographics to enhance your understanding of this vital initiative.

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NSF CAREER Program: Funding Opportunity for Early Career Scientists

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  1. Faculty Early Career Development Program(CAREER) Joanne Tornow BIO/MCB Chair, CAREER Coordinating Committee

  2. CAREER Program Goals • Provide stable funds to support the early career-development activities of outstanding teacher-scholars in the context of the mission of their organization • Build a firm foundation to sustain integrated research and educational activities beyond the life of the initial award • Increase participation of those traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering

  3. CAREER: NSF’s Most Prestigious Award for Junior Faculty • Size and duration of CAREER awards are commensurate with the award’s prestige • Five year duration • $400,000 minimum ($500,000 in BIO) • Source of NSF’s PECASE awardees (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers)

  4. PECASE • Presidential award recognizing 60 outstanding junior scientists and engineers annually who have exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge • Participating agencies: NSF, NIH, NIST, USDA, DOE, DOD, NASA, NOAA, and VA • NSF’s awardees are chosen from among the newest group of CAREER awardees

  5. History of CAREER Pre-1995 Two types of young investigator awards Both focused on research Prestige grants PFF, PYI, NYI Starter grants RIA 1995 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) Integration of Research and Education

  6. Implementation of CAREER • Leader Role Model • Nation’s most outstanding teacher-scholars • Critical Mass • Majority of successful new faculty expected to hold CAREER award Multiple implementation strategies are being used within NSF

  7. Implementation of CAREER • Different implementation strategies lead to: • Differences in # proposals received • Differences in % of program funds allocated to CAREER • Differences in % of junior faculty supported by CAREER vs. regular grants

  8. CAREER at NSF • NSF-wide CAREER success rates are declining (23% in FY’00 to 19% in FY’04) • Total number of CAREER proposals submitted have increased nearly 30% in last five years

  9. # of CAREER Awards

  10. DEB MCB DBI IOB CAREER Success Rates in BIO By Division (’01-’05)

  11. CAREER vs. New PI Success Rates in BIO (’01-’04)

  12. Total CAREER Funding in BIO (FY’00-’04)

  13. DEB MCB DBI IOB Total CAREER Funding in BIO By Division (FY’00-’04)

  14. CAREER Demographics (NSF-wide) • Participation by female PIs increasing slightly (21% in FY’00 to 25% in FY’05) • Participation by minority PIs increasing (7.3% in FY’00 to 10% in FY’05) • ~ 16% of proposals were submitted by institutions in EPSCoR states • ~ 4% of proposals were submitted by minority-serving institutions

  15. In Conclusion • The CAREER program is a major activity at NSF (over 3700 CAREER awards made to date, 160 PECASE awards), and is continuing to grow • Future Activities: • COV review of CAREER • External evaluation of the impact of CAREER • PECASE awardee colloquium

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