An NSF CAREER award application is more than an NSF Standard Grant with an education plan added in. Highly competitive awards integrate the research and education plan. In this seminar, we talk about why and how to create a plan that results in a competitive proposal.

Friday, December 5 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, UCC

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Register by Monday, December 1. The RDO will send a calendar invitation upon registration.

Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Grant Proposals

Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Proposals Seminar

Seminar Topics

The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting an in person NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Grant Proposals, that will be held on Friday, December 5 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, UCC. The seminar is presented by AtKisson Training Group.

This seminar will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the Basics of CAREERs
  • Planning Your Proposal
  • Crafting a Compelling Overview
  • Designing Your Education and Research Plans
  • Discussing the Literature, Preliminary Work, and Significance
  • Letters and the Rest

Target Audience

Early career faculty who are eligible to submit NSF CAREER awards are welcome to register for this seminar.

Facilitator
Peg AtKisson

Peg AtKisson, PhD

M.S. (Peg) AtKisson, PhD, trained in neuroscience, but has focused on grant proposals since 2001. She started the research development group at Tufts University, working on large proposals and supporting individual investigators for 8 years and over $140,000,000 of successes across many federal and foundation funders. She joined Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops in 2008, as an associate member, presenting training across the country. In 2017 she left to found ATG to create new approaches to grantsmanship training in addition to support for faculty research and leadership development. She still considers herself a neuroscientist first, and she still writes grant proposals.

NSF CAREER Club

The NSF CAREER Club is designed to give you the knowledge and resources to craft competitive CAREER applications. Club participants will take part in events and services including editing, graphic design, and review services.

Click here to learn more about the NSF CAREER Club.

Registration

  • Registration includes lunch and one electronic copy of the Handbook for Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals. No cost to register. However, if you do not attend the in person session, you will be charged $60 for the Handbook.
  • The Handbook helps you through the grant writing process, starting with the early stages of planning your project. It contains clear and flexible solutions to communicating your idea clearly to the reviewer. The Handbook provides a heavily footnoted and occasionally humorous guide to turning your idea into a clear grant proposal.
  • Register here by Monday, December 1. A calendar invitation will be sent upon registration.

Questions?

Please email vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu with any questions. Sign up for the RDO Monthly Newsletter to stay up-to-date on this year's seminar here!

Sponsored by:

Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Research Development Office in advance at 319-335-2119 or vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu