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NSF Preproposals – a failed idea at DEB and IOS?
Preproposals came to DEB and IOS about three years ago to solve the problem of too many proposals and too few willing reviewers. They were also thought to solve the problem of too much investigator time wasted on writing unfunded … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Grant proposals, Grants, New ideas, NSF
Tagged DEB, grant, IOS, methods, NSF, preproposal
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Are you willing to pay for advice for your NSF pre-proposal?
I got an email just now from Dave Stephens that he has a book for sale on Amazon on how to write an NSF preproposal. If you are willing to shell out $9.99 for the Kindle version, or $16.16 for … Continue reading
How to acknowledge NSF support
NSF deserves to be acknowledged when they have funded your research. Perhaps unlike other organizations, they are very particular as to how to do it. If it is a paper, they want you to say exactly this in the acknowledgements: … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals, Grants
Tagged acknowledgements, DEB, funding, Government, grant, National Science Foundation, NSF
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Exactly how an NSF panel functions
It is kind of side information as to exactly how a panel works because it doesn’t tell you to write clear, excellent proposals with careful methods that address important questions with sufficient preliminary data to convince the panel as to … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals
Tagged broader impacts, DDIG, Experiment, framework, graduate student, grant, grant proposal, hypothesis, NSF, PhD
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Top ten reasons you did not get funding for your NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
1. You did not explain the main question clearly. 2. You did not tie your work to what had already been done. 3. You did not explain how your experiments would address the question. 4. There was a flaw in … Continue reading
Posted in Graduate school, Grant proposals
Tagged broader impacts, DDIG, Experiment, framework, graduate student, grant, grant proposal, hypothesis, NSF, PhD
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How to write an effective Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
A Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) is a wonderful way to support some of your Ph.D. research if you are in evolution, ecology, or behavior. This funding comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and funds part, not all, of your … Continue reading
The perfect preproposal: show us the menu, not the shopping list
I have been pollinating my lime tree and my orange tree with a fine paint brush since they are flowering prolifically in a sunny inside hall at Wash U in chilly St. Louis. I love the lime flowers the most … Continue reading
The perfect preproposal: make your aims complete
By now it is quite clear that NSF proposals have thoroughly adopted the NIH language and refer to the heart of a proposal as a series of aims, so I won’t fight it any more, though I do prefer to … Continue reading
Mixed reports on the NSF preproposal process
By now you’ve heard your fate on the preproposal. Some very generous bloggers are telling the story from the panelist perspective. I think the biggest question is whether they are treated like a four page version of a full proposal, … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals, New ideas
Tagged funding, grant, ideas, methods, NSF, preproposal
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Sociobiology 