Tag: research grant

NSF CAREER Awards

An NSF CAREER award is a coveted jewel for many young investigators. It’s not too early to get started before the next submission dates.  Sometime ago, in an internet search I stumbled on a doctoral dissertation in communications that analyzed the features of successful NSF CAREER awards. You can find it here to download and …

Reading Requests for Proposals, Grant Solicitations, Applications, and Guides

The first rule of research grant proposal preparation is: Read the Request for Proposal (RFP).  Then read it again. In fact, as a principal investigator or project director, you should probably read it three or more times and refer to it regularly throughout the proposal writing process. Q: Why should you read it multiple times …

Professional Development: Past, Present, and Future

Professional development should be a part of any and every career. As a former faculty member, faculty development, whether in teaching or scholarship was  part of that life.  As a scientist,  attending scientific meetings, presenting papers at the same, participating in various topic workshops was a part of not only professional development, but also about …