Types of Proposals Meta-Tips Outline

Types of Proposals

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Principal DOD Basic Research Funding Offices

Defense Research Sciences Program BRP: Basic Research Plan

Other DOD Science &Tech Programs

DOD Young Investigator Programs (YIP)

Presidential Early Career Award Science and Engineering (PECASE)

Recipients of DOD S&T Funds

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NSF’s Origin, Mission & Goal

NSF Proposal Statistics (FY’ 06) NSF-9

NSF Research Grant Profile (FY 2006) NSF-10

NSF Share of Total Federal Support for Basic Research at Academic Institutions

National Science Foundation

NSF CISE Directorate

NSF ENG Directorate

CAREER Program

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Competitive Research Proposals

Transformative Research

Properties of a Research Goal

Life Cycle of a Proposal

Step 2: Develop Your Good Idea

Step 3: Prepare the Proposal

Parts of a Proposal (NSF)

Project Summary

Project Description

Project Description

Project Description

Biographical Sketch

Budget

Current and Pending Support

Evaluation: Ad Hoc and Panel Reviews

NSF Proposal Merit Review Criteria

Basis for Decisions: Reviewer Input

Basis for Decisions: Balanced Portfolio

Why Do Some Proposals Fail?

If You Have to Resubmit…

Funding and Post-award

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Get Support in Proposal Writing

Useful NSF On-line Documents

Start Early and Get Feedback

Be Reasonable

Make It Easy for Reviewers

Seven Deadly Sins of Proposal Writing

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