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Panel discussion presented by Rob Rafael at the 2011 NSF ADVANCE Workshop: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position, A Workshop for Underrepresented PhDs and Postdocs in Science, Engineering and Psychology September 18-20, 2010
Funding is critical
- Must be prepared to work hard to garner funding
- Need more than a great idea, though that is a crucial element
- Need to understand the logistics and the process
- Need to submit more than one grant, so need multiple ideas
- Be creative
- Read deeply and broadly
- Talk to lots of people about research
- Think about doing more than one project
- When one is difficult, the other may succeed
- Increases funding opportunities
- Promotes synergy in thinking
- Enhances visibility
- What are the sources available to you?
- Federal (NSF, NIH, DARPA, DOE, NIST, ONR, among many others)
- State
- Private foundations / not-for-profit organizations
- Industry
- Use the web to retrieve information for each source
- Some more detailed, others more obscure
Find out about resources
- Talk to your advisor, faculty in your department about resources in your area of research and in your institution
- Use the internet
- Search for information on organization, what it supports to determine whether to target for funding
- Search for deadline dates and invitations to apply in a given area
- Search services such as IRIS
(External Link)
- Government agencies have detailed pages
- Easy to get lost
- Ask for help
- GrantsNet (
(External Link) ) from AAAS has good links
- Grant Writing (many now available)
-
Proposal Writer’s Guide (Thackery)
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Research Proposals: A Guide to Success (Ogden and Goldberg)
Get to know funders
- How are proposals reviewed?
- What is the timing?
- What do they support?
- How can you target your research appropriately?
- Is there someone you know associated with the funding agency?
- Talk to them!
- Go to DC and talk to them!
Reasons to talk to program folks
- If you have great, but risky ideas, talk with the program officer to see how best to present them
- Ask what a reasonable budget range would be
- Ask about the role of collaborators in your area of research
How to approach an agency
- Options for contact
- Go in person or make a phone call
- Find an agency person at a national meeting (they often attend to get to know their grantees)
- Be prepared and take as little of their time as possible while getting your message across
- Introduce yourself as a new independent researcher with some general information about yourself
- Have a specific question (or two) and ask if they have any specific advice
Understand the submission process
Find the resources from your institution that support grant submission
- Federal agencies may differ from foundations
- Get to know what they can do to help you identify the appropriate agency
- Get to know what they can do to help you with the process
- Understand the timeline and plan accordingly
Get organized
- Find and read resources that help with grant preparation
- Ask senior colleagues if they will read your proposal and provide feedback
- Ask successful colleagues if you can read their grant
- Try to get onto a review panel (it will change your views!!!)
- Think deeply about your project — be innovative and creative in tackling a significant problem
- Identify the potential sources
- Find the due dates (both agency and internal!)
- Determine which applications to pursue
- Develop your timeline for thinking, writing, rewriting, writing/rewriting, writing/rewriting, etc., final proofreading (critical!) — find out about institutional deadlines you
must meet!!
- Be sure that you get feedback from colleagues before submission
- Include plenty of time for this step in your timeline
- Provides key perspective/input
Questions & Answers
Three charges q_{1}=+3\mu C, q_{2}=+6\mu C and q_{3}=+8\mu C are located at (2,0)m (0,0)m and (0,3) coordinates respectively. Find the magnitude and direction acted upon q_{2} by the two other charges.Draw the correct graphical illustration of the problem above showing the direction of all forces.
To solve this problem, we need to first find the net force acting on charge q_{2}. The magnitude of the force exerted by q_{1} on q_{2} is given by F=\frac{kq_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}} where k is the Coulomb constant, q_{1} and q_{2} are the charges of the particles, and r is the distance between them.
Muhammed
What is the direction and net electric force on q_{1}= 5µC located at (0,4)r due to charges q_{2}=7mu located at (0,0)m and q_{3}=3\mu C located at (4,0)m?
what is the change in momentum of a body?
Capacitor is a separation of opposite charges using an insulator of very small dimension between them. Capacitor is used for allowing an AC (alternating current) to pass while a DC (direct current) is blocked.
Gautam
A motor travelling at 72km/m on sighting a stop sign applying the breaks such that under constant deaccelerate in the meters of 50 metres what is the magnitude of the accelerate
What is Thermodynamics
Muordit
velocity can be 72 km/h in question. 72 km/h=20 m/s, v^2=2.a.x , 20^2=2.a.50, a=4 m/s^2.
Mehmet
A boat travels due east at a speed of 40meter per seconds across a river flowing due south at 30meter per seconds. what is the resultant speed of the boat
50 m/s due south east
Someone
which has a higher temperature, 1cup of boiling water or 1teapot of boiling water which can transfer more heat 1cup of boiling water or 1 teapot of boiling water explain your . answer
I believe temperature being an intensive property does not change for any amount of boiling water whereas heat being an extensive property changes with amount/size of the system.
Someone
temperature for any amount of water to boil at ntp is 100⁰C (it is a state function and and intensive property) and it depends both will give same amount of heat because the surface available for heat transfer is greater in case of the kettle as well as the heat stored in it but if you talk.....
Someone
about the amount of heat stored in the system then in that case since the mass of water in the kettle is greater so more energy is required to raise the temperature b/c more molecules of water are present in the kettle
Someone
physics, biology and chemistry
this is my Field
ALIYU
field is a region of space under the influence of some physical properties
Collete
what is ogarnic chemistry
determine the slope giving that 3y+ 2x-14=0
WISDOM
Another formula for Acceleration
pratica A on solution of hydro chloric acid,B is a solution containing 0.5000 mole ofsodium chlorid per dm³,put A in the burret and titrate 20.00 or 25.00cm³ portion of B using melting orange as the indicator. record the deside of your burret tabulate the burret reading and calculate the average volume of acid used?
how do lnternal energy measures
Esrael
Two bodies attract each other electrically. Do they both have to be charged? Answer the same question if the bodies repel one another.
No. According to Isac Newtons law. this two bodies maybe you and the wall beside you.
Attracting depends on the mass och each body and distance between them.
Dlovan
Are you really asking if two bodies have to be charged to be influenced by Coulombs Law?
Robert
like charges repel while unlike charges atttact
Raymond
What is specific heat capacity
Specific heat capacity is a measure of the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius (or Kelvin). It is measured in Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius (J/kg°C).
AI-Robot
specific heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius or kelvin
ROKEEB
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