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

该奖项提供支持，以进行一个提案写作研讨会，旨在在俄克拉荷马州，堪萨斯，内布拉斯加州和阿肯色州的EPSCoR国家的年轻教师，并特别强调职业生涯的建议。 研讨会将持续一整天，其中包括国家科学基金会关于良好提案写作实践的简报，随后是以前获奖者的证词和模拟提案审查。 讲习班将由威奇托州立大学主办。 预计将有50名与会者，并将特别重视妇女，少数民族和残疾人。该讲习班将帮助来自EPSCoR州的年轻教师开始他们的职业生涯。 这将提高他们通过写更好的提案来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.