NSF Programs for Faculty Scripps Research Institute April 30, 2009

1. NSF Programs for Faculty Scripps Research Institute April 30, 2009 George Kenyon NSF Division of Chemistry gkenyon@nsf.gov

2. NSF Structure • Biological Sciences • Computer & Information Science & Engineering • Cyberinfrastructure • Education and Human Resources • Engineering • Environmental Research & Education • Geosciences • International Science & Engineering • Mathematical & Physical Sciences • Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences • Crosscutting and NSF-wide

3. Directorate forMathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of Chemistry Division of Materials Research Division of Mathematical Sciences Division of Physics Division of Astronomical Sciences Office of Multidisciplinary Activities

4. Division of Chemistry Division of Chemistry • Organic & Macromolecular Chemistry • Organic Dynamics • Organic Synthesis • Physical Chemistry • Theoretical & Computational Chemistry • Experimental Physical Chemistry Inorganic, Bioinorganic, & Organometallic Chemistry Analytical & Surface Chemistry Integrated Chemistry Activities Chemical Instrumentation Program

5. Funding Strategies II • Consult the NSF website and Guide to Programs to locate a likely program (“Home” for your project). • Make use of “Search Awards” capability to locate abstracts of proposals with comparable objectives. • Contact the Program Director to determine if your project is appropriate.

6. Major Research Instrumentation(MRI) • Foundation-wide activity (NSF cross-cutting) • Emphasis must be on research • NSF overall - FY04: $109 M, FY05: $89 M, FY06: $88M • Chemistry Division: FY04 and FY05: $12.2 M, FY06: $9.3M (in FY05 $7.2 M (59%) and in FY06 $4.1 M (44%) went to PUIs)

7. A good proposal is a good idea, well expressed, with a clear indication of methods for pursuing the idea, evaluating the findings, and making them known to all who need to know. A Good Proposal A Competitive Proposal is… All of the above Appropriate for the Program Responsive to the Program Announcement

8. NSF Merit Review Process • By Mail and/or Panel • Confidential • Anonymous

9. Proposal Review Criteria • Intellectual merit • Broader impacts

10. Intellectual Merit • Designing experiments • Conducting experiments • Interpreting results • Assessing value

11. BroaderImpacts • Communication • Education • Industry • Environment • National security • Health • Quality of life

12. Interpreting Reviews Rating: Excellent Science looks good to me. Grad students will learn a lot. Fund it.

13. Program Decision Factors • Controlling Quality • Intellectual Merit • Broader Impacts • Balancing Priorities • Taking Risks

14. Secrets for Success • New and original ideas • Sound, succinct, focused plan • Relevant experience • Clarity concerning future direction • Well-articulated broader impacts

15. A DeclinationHow to Gain from the Experience • The success rate for most CHE programs is ~25%. • Read the written Reviews and the Panel Summary. • Call the Program Director for guidance and interpretation.

16. NSF Needs YOU! • Reviewers and panelists • Workshop participants and organizers • Rotators

17. NSF Rotator Program • Bring scientific expertise into NSF • Build ties to academic community • Have an impact • Continue professional development

18. Consider being a Rotator “Being an NSF Rotator and being exposed to a blizzard of ideas and ways to think about a research project was a mind-stretching experience that seriously influenced how I thereafter did chemistry. I left NSF less parochial, and much more adventuresome about entering new research subjects.” Royce W. Murray

19. Keep in touch…. • NSF Web page • http://www.nsf.gov • NSF Chemistry web page • http://www.nsf.gov/chem • NSF Custom News Service • http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/ • NSF email list to Chemistry Community

20. Useful Websites and URLs • NSF Home Page: • http://www.nsf.gov/ • Search NSF Awards: • http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ • FastLane Home Page: • https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp • NSF Custom News Service: • http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/ • Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) • http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/ • Guide to Programs • http://www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp

21. Contact Info George L. Kenyon gkenyon@nsf.gov 703-292-4943

22. Instrumentation • Research grants • In FY04, no cost sharing on equipment required for research grants • CRIF ID and CRIF-MU New solicitation • MRI

23. Multi-User Instrumentation • CRIF: Departmental Multi-User • NSF 03-563 • Cost sharing on requests over $100K • Deadline in June/July • MRI (NSF-wide) • Different cost-sharing rules • Deadline in January

24. A DeclinationHow to Gain from the Experience • The success rate for most CHE programs is ~25%. • Read the written Reviews and the Panel Summary. • Call the Program Director for guidance and interpretation.

25. NSF Funding Profile (FY 2002) Total = $4,796 M Research Projects 58% Administration & Management 5% Education & Training 18% Research Facilities 19%