Workshop Author: Judy M. Vance, Engineering Design Program at the National Science Foundation and Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
- Understand the Organization
- Contact the Program Director
- Participate on a Review Panel
- Follow the Solicitation Guidelines
- Discovery - research
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Advance frontiers of knowledge
- Learning - education
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Cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and
engineering workforce
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Expand the scientific literacy of all citizens
- Research Infrastructure - facilities
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Build the nation’s research capability through investments in
advanced instrumentation
- Stewardship - accountability
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Support excellence in science and engineering research and
education through a capable and responsive organization
- BIO - Biological Sciences
- CISE - Computing and Information Science and Engineering
- ENG - Engineering
- GEO - Geosciences
- MPS - Mathematics and Physical Sciences
- EHR - Education and Human Resources
- OPP - Office of Polar Programs
- OIA - Office of Integrative Activities
- OISE - Office of International Science and Engineering
- OCI - Office of Cyberinfrastructure
- Assess proposals
- Identify reviewers
- Conduct reviews
- Make recommendations for funding
- Identify new research areas
- Develop Solicitations
- Research projects
- Typically 3 years, $100K per year
- Workshops
- To promote discussion about leading edge research opportunities
- Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
- Uncertainty
- Topology optimization
- Product Families
- Negotiation for collaborative design
- Life cycle / design for obsolescence
- Kinematics and mechanisms
- Human input to design
- Geometric modeling
- Design of experiments
- Decision based design
- Cyber infrastructure
- Consumer preferences
- Complex system / enterprise considerations / customer desires
- Advanced manufacturing
- Scan-and-Solve: Direct Analysis of Acquired Models
- V. Shapiro, I. Tsukanov: Univ of Wisc
- Computational Steering for Trade Space Exploration During Complex Systems Design
- D. Spencer, T. Simpson, M. Yukish: Penn State
- Innovations in Product Flexibility
- K. Wood, C. Seepersad: Univ of Texas at Austin
- M. Wortman: TAMU
- A Biomimetic Approach to the Design of Shape-Controlled Systems
- K. Maute: Univ of Colorado
- Augmented Lagrangian Coordination for Decomposed Design Problems
- V. Blouin, G. Fadel, M. Wiecek: Clemson Univ
- Cover Page
- Project Summary – 1 page
- Project Description – 15 pages
- References
- Biosketch – 2 pages
- Budget
- Current and Pending Work
- Facilities and Equipment
- Intellectual Merit
- How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding?
- How well qualified is the investigator?
- To what extent is the proposed activity creative?
- How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity?
- Is there sufficient access to the necessary resources?
- Broader Impacts
- How well does the activity advance discovery while promoting teaching, training and learning?
- How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups?
- To what extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education?
- Will the results be disseminated broadly?
- What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?
- Program director identifies reviewers
- Reviewers perform 6-9 proposal reviews
- Panelists come to NSF for 1-2 days to discuss and rank proposals
- Program director recommends proposals for funding
- Recommendation goes through the approval process
- PIs are notified
- Follow the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
- Follow the solicitation guidelines
- Have a clear research objective
- Have a strong research plan
- Resources should match the plan of work
- Avoid jargon
- Make every word mean something
- Pay attention to broader impacts
- Align with NSF goals/initiatives
- Research driven by ideas that have the potential to radically change our understanding of an important existing scientific or engineering concept or leading to the creation of a new paradigm or field of science or engineering. Such research also is characterized by its challenge to current understanding or its pathway to new frontiers. ---NSB Report, March 2007
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www.nsf.gov
- Locate people/programs
- Current solicitations
- Directorate priorities
- Abstracts of current awards
- Grant Proposal Guide
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Judy M. Vance. (2007, April). Shaking the Money Tree. [http://www.advance.rice.edu/].
