Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation

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Funding Opportunities at the National Science
Foundation
2005-2006 Workshops

• Andrienne Friedli (Chemistry/ORSP)
• Heather Brown (ETIS)
• Stephen Wright (Biology)

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Programs at NSF

• Research
• Education
• Workforce
• Equipment

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MTSU Research Successes

• Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
• Collaborative RUI (CRUI)
• MPS (Math)

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MTSU Instruction Successes

• Classroom, Course and Laboratory Innovation
  (CCLI, formerly ILI)
• Meeting support
• Math

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MTSU Program/Workforce Successes

• Partners for Innovation (PFI)
• STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
• TN Lewis Stokes Minority Alliance (TLSAMP)
• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

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MTSU Equipment Successes

• Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)
• Classroom, Course and Laboratory Innovation
  (CCLI, formerly ILI)

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Key Selling Points

• Strong plan
• Good productivity record
• Partnerships
• Inclusion of students
• Administrative backing

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MTSU Future Directions

• Research - Math, Phys. Sciences, Computer
  Information, Geosciences, Social, Behavioral
  Economic Sciences
• Multi User Equipment (MUE)
• Chemistry Research Infrastructure Funds (CRIF)
• Graduate student support (IGERT / GAANN)
• Small Business (SBIR/STTR)

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NSF Prospects

• Changes Education grants
• Anecdotal Funding cuts
• Uncertainty Katrina, Iraq war
• SBIR/STTR

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Critical Review An Exercise

• Consider a CCLI proposal submitted 3 times
• In 3 groups (divide up the reviewers), read
  comments
• Write down the major good and bad comments
• List and discuss these in the larger group.
• Did the PIs address the reviewer comments in
  resubmissions?
• Did new comments appear?
• Why were they funded (reviewer perspective)