If you do not have this program installed on your computer, it can be downloaded free of charge from the apple website here. writing successful grant and fellowship applications mac marston, archaeology nsf graduate fellow, 2003 2007 nsf dissertation improvement grant, 2008 this workshop focuses on strategies for writing effective applications for grants and fellowships to support graduate study and research, especially for students seeking doctorates and research mas. We will discuss approaches common to the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as specific suggestions for each academic area. Finally, we will briefly introduce major funding opportunities for graduate study from both ucla and off campus funding agencies. this workshop was recorded on september 3, 2009. applying for the nsf graduate research fellowship mac marston, archaeology nsf graduate fellow, 2003 2007 nsf dissertation improvement grant, 2008 this workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the national science foundation graduate research fellowship. Open to us citizens in the social, biological, and physical sciences, this highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants.

The workshop will focus on the merit criteria for nsf grants, the structure of the proposal, suggestions for writing style, and technical details of fastlane submission. applying for the nsf dissertation improvement grant in the biological and social sciences mac marston, archaeology nsf graduate fellow, 2003 2007 nsf dissertation improvement grant, 2008 the national science foundation offers dissertation improvement grants to doctoral students in many areas of the biological and social sciences. These competitive grants provide up to $15,0 depending on the field for research expenses related to the dissertation.

His research interests are inter and multidisciplinary, ranging across the humanities, social, and biological sciences, and focus on how people interact with their social and natural environments. While in graduate school, mac received both the nsf graduate fellowship and the nsf dissertation improvement grant. Nsf is organized a lot like a university, except that instead of departments and colleges it has divisions and directorates. The program directors pds, also equivalently called program managers and program officers are like professors and a lot of them are professors on leaves of absence. They have areas of specialization which correspond to the research areas covered by their programs. They oversee the broad research areas covered by the programs and deal with administrative issues. They lead the directorates and are responsible for the major research directions in engineering, physical sciences, etc.

The director of nsf, who is like a university president or chancellor, is responsible for the overall direction of science and engineering research. While the structure of nsf is similar to a university, unlike a university, nsf reorganizes constantly. This means that you may get to know a program director who may suddenly return to his or her university or may be reassigned to another program or that your program may be merged with a different program. While this is disconcerting in the short run, in the long run it keeps programs from stagnating and helps nsf keep on the forefront of research areas. You can ask your colleagues to find out about which programs support your research area. Find out if there are other people at nsf you should talk to and what special initiatives might apply to you. You can find the list of telephone numbers and e mail addresses from the nsf web site read the program announcements before you contact the pd so that your questions will be direct and specific.

The easiest way to get started is to send a brief email to the program director stating which program you are interested in applying to, a short statement of your relevant research interests, your availability by phone or email, and a one page attachment that covers the first three questions above: what’s the problem, why it’s important, and what your key idea is. Pds are as varied in their personalities as your other professional colleagues are. If you do talk to a pd on the phone, remember to listen don’t just pitch your idea non stop. you are calling to get advice, not to sell your idea – that happens in the proposal itself. They spend most of the day on the computer and the phone and the rest of the time they're traveling and staying in government rate hotels. Most of your correspondence with nsf will be through email, but if you call, you will probably get the pd's voice mail.

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Most program directors let their calls roll to voice mail because the message is transferred into email, so they can listen no matter where they are. Also, if you are calling about a proposal or a grant, include the nsf proposal number so the pd has all the information at hand when returning your call. When you call, · your institutional affiliation, · give the proposal or grant number if you have it, and · provide several times when you will be available for a call back. Also, oddly, the nsf phone system displays the caller id when the call is in progress, but the number disappears after the call is over and, as far as i could tell, there is no way to get it back. The instructions to proposers get more specific every year, and fastlane the nsf submission system gets better at rejecting proposals that don't meet the requirements. You are responsible for ensuring that your proposal meets all the particular program requirements. Follow the directions! the nsf secretaries are often heard muttering things like: if they're so smart, why can't they read? the number of proposals submitted to nsf has increased dramatically over the last decade.