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CAREER WORKSHOPAPRIL 9, 2014
Selecting a Program
Anant ParavastuChemical Engineering
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Ken KnappenbergerChemistry and Biochemistry
National Science Board
Director
Office of theInspector General
Directorate forAdministration
Directorate forEngineering
Directorate forBiologicalSciences
Directorate forGeosciences
Directorate forComputer and
InformationScience andEngineering
Directorate forMathematicaland Physical
Sciences
Directorate forSocial,
Behavioral,and Economic
Sciences
Directorate forEducation and
HumanResources
Staff Offices
NSF has a hierarchical organizational structureDirectorate
DivisionProgram
Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)Astronomical Sciences (AST)Chemistry (CHE)
Chemical Catalysis (CAT)Chemical Measurement & Imaging (CMI)Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms (CSDM-A)
Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms (CSDM-B) Chemical Synthesis (SYN)Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods (CTMC)Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP)Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS)Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN)
Materials Research (DMR)Mathematical Sciences (DMS)Physics (PHY)
ENG Organization
Emerging Frontiersin Research andInnovation (EFRI)
Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, And Transport
Systems(CBET)
Civil, Mechanical, and
ManufacturingInnovation
(CMMI)
Electrical, Communications
and Cyber Systems(ECCS)
EngineeringEducation and
Centers(EEC)
IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships
(IIP)
Office of the Assistant DirectorDeputy Assistant Director
(OAD)
Office of the Assistant DirectorDeputy Assistant Director
(OAD)
Senior AdvisorNanotechnologySenior Advisor
Nanotechnology
• Identify funding sources of researchers in your area.
• Search NSF’s web site: www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/– Check out research programs, read what research
topics they support• Consider contacting an appropriate program
officers– Be prepared to answer the question: “What is your
research objective?” (25 words or less)
NSF award search engine http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/
String search by•CAREER•Disciplinary program•Key words/phrases•PI•Institution
Will provide details about award size and project summary
Should I Meet My Program Officer?
• Why? What do you intend to gain?• Doesn’t hurt. Probably doesn’t help. • Or is your goal to schmooze? (It doesn’t help)
– Don’t even think about taking your program officer to lunch
• If you decide to meet:– Be prepared to listen (you don’t learn by talking)– Don’t ask questions answered in program guide– Remember, the program officer is not the panel– You can get a free trip to NSF (more later)
Advice from Anant and Ken:
1. Solicit anecdotal experiences from awardees. 2. Find the funding sources of people in your field by
looking at acknowledgements in conference presentations and journal articles.
3. The list of funded projects will give you the best feel for the scope of the program. (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch).
4. It is YOUR responsibility to determine which NSF program is best fit for your proposal.