Workshop/Collaborative Research: 2010 NSF Proposal Writing Workshop; September 1-2, 2010; University of Nebraska-Lincoln

这一协作性奖项为将于2010年9月1日至2日在内布拉斯加州林肯大学林肯分校举办的NSF提案撰写研讨会提供支持。预留经费用于150名与会者，他们将从EPSCoR州，特别是阿肯色州、堪萨斯州、内布拉斯加州、俄克拉何马州、南达科他州和怀俄明州的早期职业教师优先考虑的申请者中挑选，他们的研究可能得到土木、机械和制造创新司的支持，以及代表不足的群体的成员。研讨会将包括关于提案撰写的基础知识、最近NSF获奖者的经验以及模拟小组对NSF最近的实际提案和与会者自己的提案摘要的审查。以前的类似研讨会吸引的申请者通常是研讨会可容纳人数的两倍。之前的与会者通过他们的提案享受到了更高的提案成功率。因此，预计这次研讨会将提供信息，使与会者能够撰写更具竞争力的提案，并随后提高他们的研究质量。

This collaborative award provides support for the conduct of a NSF proposal writing workshop to be held September 1-2, 2010, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Provision is made for 150 attendees who will be selected from among the applicants giving priority to early career faculty in EPSCoR states, especially Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming, whose research will likely receive support from the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, and to members of underrepresented groups. The workshop will include a lecture on the basics of proposal writing, experiences of recent NSF awardees, and mock panel reviews of actual recent NSF proposals and of the attendees' own proposal summaries. Previous similar workshops have attracted typically twice as many applicants as can be accommodated at the workshop. Previous attendees have enjoyed significantly higher proposal success rates with their proposals. Thus, it is expected that this workshop will provide information that will enable the attendees to write more competitive proposals and subsequently improve the quality of their research.