Workshop: NSF Proposal Writing Workshop; August 20-21, 2007; University of Alaska; Fairbanks, Alaska

该奖项为在阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯校区举办提案写作研讨会提供支持。研讨会以年轻教师为重点，为期两天，将包括对不同类型提案之间的差异的一般性讨论，如非应邀提案、CAREER提案、IGERT提案等，以及对国家科学基金会项目主任良好提案写作实践的总体概述，模拟小组审查，以及参与者为他们打算提交的研究提案撰写摘要并相互审查的互动部分。研讨会将由阿拉斯加大学和堪萨斯州立大学主办。预计将有60名或更多的与会者，并将特别鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾人参加。该研讨会将帮助来自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提高他们竞争联邦拨款的能力。

This award provides support to conduct a proposal writing workshop on the campus of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. The workshop, with a focus on young faculty, will span two days, and it will include general discussions on the differences between the various types of proposals, such as unsolicited, CAREER, IGERT, and so on, and a general overview of good proposal-writing practice by National Science Foundation Program Directors, a mock panel review, and an interactive part in which the participants write a summary for a research proposal they intend to submit and then review each others' summaries. The workshop will be hosted by the University of Alaska and the Kansas State University. It is expected that there will be 60 or more attendees, and a special encouragement to attend will be given 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.