SRD offers a series of workshops to assist faculty in proposal development. The Career workshops are offered annually each spring to assist junior faculty with their NSF CAREER proposals. Upcoming workshops are announced via faculty email, TRS ActiviTEES newsletter, and this website. Additional information about past workshops is provided below.
Tentative dates are listed below with links to solicitation information where available:
Location: WTAMU @ Canyon, Tx
Date: April 18, 2008
Location: TAMUK @ Kingsville, Tx
Date: April 21, 2008
Location: PVAMU @ Prairie View, Tx
Times and room numbers TBA
S-STEM Presentation
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 049 WERC and via TTVN
Seminar offered jointly by the VPR Office of Proposal Development
and the TEES Office of Strategic Research Development
- Funding for tenure-track assistant professor
- Integrated research and education plan
- Minimum $400,000 over 5 years The seminar will cover:
- Program and proposal requirements
- Advice on winning strategies and how to avoid common pitfalls
- A talk by a recent CAREER reviewer
- Discussion and Q&A by recent CAREER winner
To register for this free seminar, e-mail opd@tamu.edu with the subject line "CAREER TTVN" and include your name, department, and institution in the body of the e-mail.
CAREER Information Session, April 23, 2008
New CAREER solicitation
TTVN Sites (updated 04/08/08)
Workshop Slides – Part I
Workshop Slides – Part II
Workshop Slides – Part III
Time:1:30 - 3:30 PM
Location: 049 WERC
New RFP
Agenda Available Here
Workshop Slides
Informal Science Education Association
Dates: February 21 - 22, 2008
Cancelled Due to Illness
Presentation Slides
Presentation References & Resources
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), in collaboration with the Strategic Research Development (SRD) office, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and other academic units across campus, proposes an intense, weeklong program for newer engineering faculty that is intended to help them improve their skills in research, publication, and teaching in engineering.
Dates: January 3,4, 8, 9, & 10, 2008
See past brochure for additional information
Time: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
TTVN Handouts
Streaming Video
It will be available by TTVN for TEES divisions. Interested faculty need to contact their TEES division heads for their campus location.
Location: University of North Texas
Denton (Dallas), TX
targeting May 9, 2007 competition
The PowerPoint slides are located here.
April
NSF CAREER solicitation (due July 17 - 19, 2007 depending on directorate)
NSF CAREER page(note link to FAQs at top and link to abstracts of recent awards at bottom)
NSF Broader Impacts Criterion Examples
Some Education References
Sample Budget
Samples Proposals:
- Eugene Billiot’s CAREER first try (unfunded)
- Reviews for try # 1
- Eugene Billiot’s CAREER second try (unfunded)
- Reviews for try #2
- Eugene Billiot’s CAREER third try (funded)
- Reviews for try #3
The Science of Scientific Writing, American Scientist article
Where to Start, Chronicle Careers article
The “So What?” factor, Marine Pollution Bulletin editorial
So…You Want to Win a Career Award, Chemical Engineering Education article
NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Tips (available to download free)
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
