Workshop: NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop; Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas; April 6, 2006

该奖项支持举办针对俄克拉荷马州、堪萨斯州、内布拉斯加州和阿肯色州EPSCoR州年轻教员的建议书撰写研讨会，并特别强调职业建议书。研讨会将持续一整天，其中将包括国家科学基金会关于良好提案撰写实践的简报，随后是前几位获奖者的证词和模拟提案审查。研讨会将由威奇托州立大学主办。预计将有50人参加，并将特别强调妇女、少数民族和残疾人。研讨会将帮助EPSCoR州的年轻教师开始他们的职业生涯。它将通过撰写更好的提案来增强他们竞争联邦拨款的能力。

This award provides support to conduct a proposal writing workshop aimed at young faculty in the EPSCoR states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Arkansas, and with special emphasis on the CAREER proposal. The workshop will be one full day in duration, and it will include a briefing by the National Science Foundation on good proposal writing practices, followed by testimonies from previous awardees and a mock proposal review. The workshop will be hosted by Wichita State University. It is expected that there will be 50 attendees, and a special emphasis will be given also to women, minorities and disabled persons.The workshop will help get young faculty from EPSCoR states a start in their careers. It will enhance their ability to compete for Federal grant money by writing better proposals.