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Unsolicited proposals 1x year: preproposals (4 pages); invited full (~ 30 pages)

Cary Institute 2013 FEE Course Mock NSF Panel Exercise Kathie Weathers Cary Institute Senior Scientist and former (2009-2010) Rotating Program Officer for NSF. Unsolicited proposals 1x year: preproposals (4 pages); invited full (~ 30 pages) Some special competitions

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Unsolicited proposals 1x year: preproposals (4 pages); invited full (~ 30 pages)

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  1. Cary Institute 2013 FEE Course Mock NSF Panel ExerciseKathie Weathers Cary Institute Senior Scientist and former (2009-2010) Rotating Program Officer for NSF • Unsolicited proposals • 1x year: • preproposals (4 pages); • invited full (~30 pages) • Some special competitions • E.g., sustainability, climate investment proposals, centers, long-term ecological research (LTER)

  2. NSF: BIOLOGY’s mission Enable discoveries for understanding life

  3. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Emerging Frontiers (EF) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) BehavioralSystems HumanResources Population and Community Ecology Biomolecular Systems Developmental Systems Ecosystem Science Research Resources Cellular Systems Neural Systems Evolutionary Processes Genes and Genome Systems Physiological & Structural Systems Systematic Biology &Biodiversity Inventories Plant Genome Research Program

  4. How and by What Criteria are Proposals Evaluated?

  5. How? • The Research Community • EVERY proposal (44,000!) receives no fewer than 3 reviews, often ~6 reviews • Written reviews • Panels review and recommend • The Program Directors Recommend • Research Futures • Balance the Portfolio

  6. Merit review criteria I. What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity? II. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? At NSF, these are considered equally important merit criteria

  7. What makes a competitive proposal? • Timely and compelling idea; transformative research • Sound justification for the work • Simple hypothesis(es) • Clear, succinct experimental design and realistic scope of work • Preliminary data or record of publication • Clear management plan • Goals for future work • Written and proofread carefully

  8. How Many Iterations?

  9. How Many Awards/Principal Investigator at any One Time?

  10. When NSF Funding Success is Achieved… • Probably at least 2nd resubmission • One of the <20% • 3 years duration/grant • 0.7-1.7 months’ salary • 6X more senior personnel and students supported vs postdoctoral associates • 4X as many men as women proposers • Equal success

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