NSF Career Program NSF 05027 FY 06 08

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NSF Career ProgramNSF 05-027 FY ?06- ?08

• Trish Lowney - OSP
• Spring 2006
• plowney_at_syr.edu

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Purpose

• To support early career-development activities of
  teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate
  research and education activities within the
  context of their organizations mission.

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Considerations

• Emphasis on integration of research and education
• Proposal
• Chairs letter
• Reviewers instructions
• http//www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/career/note_for_review
  ers.pdf

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Project Summary

• standard GPG instructions apply, and
• Summarize integrated education and research
  activities
• Address in separate statements intellectual merit
  and broader impacts

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Project Description Developed in consultation /c
Chair

• Proposed research project, (prelim data)
• Specific objectives
• Methods and procedures used
• Expected significance of results
• Proposed educational activities
• Evaluation plan, impact
• Integration of research and educational
  activities (creative effective)
• Prior NSF support (if applicable)

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Budget

• Minimum
• 400,000 for 5 yrs EXCEPT BIO
• BIO 500,000
• FA 26
• Contact program manager
• Work plan ?? budget, feasible

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Additional administrivia

• Submit to no more than 3 competitions
• No Co-PIs permitted
• Department Chair letter Critical
• Letters of collaboration okay if obvious from
  proposal, no recommendations

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Get winning proposals

• Contact someone you know (or a friend of a
  friend
• From recent awardees
• Freedom of Information Act
• http//www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp
• May not receive by July

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Key Points

• Contact your program manager
• Review recent award sizes for your program
  http//www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/
• Have conversations with your Chair
• Get registered for FASTLANE
• Budget ? 26 FA may be used.

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Resources

• OSP
• Budget
• CV ? NSF format
• Current pending support
• Narrative review
• NSF funded colleagues
• Narrative review

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Resources contd

• CAREER home page
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id52
  62
• Announcement
• http//www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_k
  eynsf05579
• Checklist
• http//www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/career/career_submissi
  on_checklist.pdf
• FAQs
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05027/nsf05027.jsp
  
• 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project
  Evaluation
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/nsf02057.pdf