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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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)
NSF: BIOLOGY’s mission
Enable discoveries for understanding life
Evolutionary Processes
Directorate for Biological Sciences(BIO)
Division of Environmental
Biology(DEB)
Population andCommunity Ecology
EcosystemScience
Division of Integrative
Organismal Systems(IOS)
BehavioralSystems
Developmental Systems
Neural Systems
ResearchResources
HumanResources
Division ofBiological
Infrastructure(DBI)
Division of Molecular and
Cellular Biosciences
(MCB)
BiomolecularSystems
Cellular Systems
Genes and GenomeSystems
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
Plant GenomeResearch Program
Systematic Biology &Biodiversity Inventories
Physiological & Structural Systems
Research & Education Communities
Proposal Preparation Time
Org. submitsviaFastLane N
SF
NSFProg.Off.
Prog,Off.
Anal.&
Recom.
DDConcur
ViaDGA
Organization
Min.3
Revs.Req.
DGA Review & Processingof Award
Proposal Receipt to DivisionDirector Concurrence of Program Officer Recommendation
GPGAnnouncement
Solicitation
NSF AnnouncesOpportunity
Returned Without Review/Withdrawn
Panel
Both
Award
NSF Proposal & Award Process & Timeline
Decline
90 Days 6 Months 30 Days
Proposal Receiptat NSF
DD Concur Award
How and by What Criteria are Proposals Evaluated?
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
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 consideredequally important merit criteria
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
How Many Iterations?
How Many Awards/Principal Investigator at any One Time?
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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