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NSF CAREER Workshop Proposal Preparation

NSF CAREER Workshop Proposal Preparation. THE BURDEN ALWAYS LIES WITH YOU!. 5 Key aspects. Clarity Organization Detail Scope, Impact and Timeline Presentation. Clarity State important concepts and ideas EXPLICITLY Do not rely on referee to extract significance from context

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NSF CAREER Workshop Proposal Preparation

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  1. NSF CAREER WorkshopProposal Preparation THE BURDEN ALWAYS LIES WITH YOU!

  2. 5 Key aspects • Clarity • Organization • Detail • Scope, Impact and Timeline • Presentation

  3. Clarity • State important concepts and ideas EXPLICITLY • Do not rely on referee to extract significance from context • Organization • Use a nested outline several layers deep • Front load important ideas and innovations • Summarize key hypotheses and specific aims early • Break longer portions into concisely-written sub-sections; consider using bulleted/numbered lists • Use natural, field-appropriate “boundaries” (experiments, field studies, programs, devices, etc.) to “granularize” research description

  4. Detail • Novel/innovative components of proposal will require more detailed descriptions • Balance between adding enough detail to guarantee clarity, without becoming pedantic • Use illustrative examples/preliminary to clarify complicated concepts • Include examples of possible obstacles/pitfalls with proposed work-arounds or alternative strategies • Scope, Impact and Timeline • Scope find balance of ambition and practicality • Impact  state projected impact concisely and explicitly • Timeline  consider adding milestones  self-assessment • Summarize “state of project” at end of 5-year cycle

  5. Presentation • Use bold and italics to draw attention to important ideas & break up blocks of text • Bulleted lists are referee-friendly  collect and emphasize related groups of important points • Figures and Tables should be set apart with descriptive captions & references in main body PROOFREAD EARLY AND OFTEN! BE HARD ON YOURSELF! ITERATE SEVERAL TIMES!

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