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What you need to do now, before you hear about how your NSF preproposal fared
When you finish writing your NSF preproposal it feels like a polished gem, a crystal so perfect it is hard to imagine expanding those perfect four pages into a full fifteen page proposal. At least that is how I felt … Continue reading
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
A fairly awful preproposal problem
One of the big changes in the research lives of some Americans recently has been the switch at IOS and DEB of the National Science Foundation to preproposals. It is a change that addressed a problem, has moved to solving … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals
Tagged DEB, grant proposal, IOS, National Science Foundation, NSF, preproposal, program officer, proposal number
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Have confidence in yourself and innovate recklessly
By now you have turned in a January preproposal to the National Science Foundation if you are a biology professor in areas of ecology, evolution, or various kinds of physiology. You may feel good about your preproposal, or you may … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals, Managing an academic career
Tagged confidence, creativity, innovation, NSF, preproposal, professor, Research
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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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