Workshop/Collaborative Research: 2008 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop; March 27 and 28, 2008; Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois

该奖项支持学院早期职业建议书写作研讨会的开展。研讨会将于2008年3月在西北大学举行。预计将有大约150人参加。研讨会将有一个为期一天半的形式，包括一个关于良好的建议书撰写做法的培训课程，以前职业获奖者的证词，一个模拟的职业建议书小组审查，以及一个审查会议，在此期间，与会者将有机会获得对其建议书摘要草稿的审查。与会者还将有机会与NSF项目主任进行一对一和模拟小组的互动。这个研讨会将帮助年轻教师为教育事业做好准备，为他们提供良好的建议书撰写工具和技能，并帮助他们准备撰写和提交更好的职业建议书。研讨会的成果包括对年轻教员的培训，为年轻教员提供了更好的机会，重点是女性和少数族裔教员，提高了与会者的获奖成功率，并最终通过更好的书面提案产生了更好的研究。

This award supports the conduct of an Early Faculty CAREER proposal writing workshop. The workshop will be held at Northwestern University in March, 2008. It is expected that there will be about 150 attendees. The workshop will have a one-and-a-half-day format including a training session on good proposal writing practices, testimony from previous CAREER awardees, a mock CAREER proposal panel review and a review session during which the attendees will have a chance to obtain reviews on their draft proposal summaries. The attendees will also have an opportunity to interact with NSF Program Directors both one-on-one and in the mock panel.This workshop will help to prepare young faculty for careers in education by giving them tools and skills of good proposal writing and by preparing them to write and submit better CAREER proposals. The results of the workshop include training for young faculty, better opportunity for young faculty with an emphasis on women and minority faculty, higher award success rates for the attendees and ultimately better research resulting from better written proposals.