The NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Institute is designed to support faculty who plan on submitting a CAREER proposal in 2021. Topics include the education plan, broader impacts, crafting a persuasive narrative, discussion of funded proposals, and a panel with past awardees. Faculty will be encouraged to set writing goals and to use the PWI as a group resource through the proposal development process.
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Chasing CAREER Aspirations: ORE’s Proposal Writing Institute
Each spring, a select cohort of faculty learn more about and support each other as they pursue the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) through the Office of Research and Engagement’s Proposal Writing Institute.
Diana Moyer, research development manager, says that this year’s format will be slightly different and geared to getting an early start in the process. The PWI will include one-on-one consultations, discussions with department heads, and creating a concept paper. This new format is based on a similar program that Harry Richards, research development coordinator for the Tickle College of Engineering, teaches.
Register Now for Summer 2017 NIH Proposal Writing Institute
Registration is now open for the Summer 2017 NIH Proposal Writing Institute (PWI). The NIH PWI combines a series of workshops with a sequence of writing assignments and individualized proposal development support by the Faculty Development Team (FDT). The goal is for each participant to have a complete draft proposal by the end of the PWI.
Topics will include things like how to select the right R-mechanism for your proposal, how to identify an appropriate study section, the structure of an NIH proposal, budgeting, identifying and conveying the health impact of your research, and complying with the rigor and reproducibility requirements.
Find details about dates, times, and eligibility, as well as a registration form, here.
NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) Track
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 22
Please note: Participation in the 2017 NSF CAREER PWI Track is restricted to those CAREER-eligible faculty members who are preparing to submit a proposal to the July 2017 deadlines.
The NSF CAREER PWI Track will comprise five monthly sessions of three hours each, starting in late February. All sessions will be held in Blount Hall A004. The tentative schedule is listed below. Each session will include a presentation by UT faculty and/or staff with experience in the NSF CAREER program and small group critiques. Participants will be assigned a proposal advisor from the Faculty Development Team, with whom they will work through the iterative writing process up until the submission deadlines.
Session 1: Monday, February 27, 1:00-4:00
Session 2: Monday, March 27, 1:00-4:00
Session 3: Monday, April 24, 1:00-4:00
Session 4: Tuesday, May 30, 1:00-4:00
Session 5: Monday, June 26, 1:00-4:00
Participants will be required to submit a draft proposal title along with a 1-page Background and Significance statement by noon, Friday, February 24, to Alan Rutenberg. Writing assignments will be due every month, prior to each subsequent session.
Register below. If you have any questions, email Alan Rutenberg at arutenberg@utk.edu.
2016 Proposal Writing Institute Offers Special Emphasis Tracks
Registration for the 2016 Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) is now open. The PWI is an intensive proposal development program offered to faculty members across the UT campus by the Faculty Development Team in the Office of Research and Engagement.
This year, in addition to the “traditional” PWI track, we are offering two “special emphasis” tracks for those faculty members who intend to submit either an NSF CAREER or NIH R01 proposal in the next ten months. (Please note that the time frame and registration deadline are different for each track.)
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