WE ARE A COMPLEX LAND
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS
MEANING TO LIFE
ESTEEM NEEDS
RECOGNITION & APPRECIATION
BELONGINGNESS AND LOVE
NEED FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SAFETY NEEDS
SECURITY & FREEDOM FROM FEAR
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
FOOD, WATER, AIR, SHELTER
The Knowledge Revolution
Cooperation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS SUCCESS
SCIENCE
IDEAS
ECONOMICS
TOOLS
ENGINEERING
THE WHOLE STORY
BUDGET
BUDGET
EVALUATION
JUSTIFICATION
THE STORY
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
DISSEMINATION
NSF MERIT REVIEW CRITERIA
INTELLECTUAL MERIT
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DOES IT ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE?
HOW QUALIFIED IS THE PROPOSER?
DOES IT EXPLORE CREATIVE CONCEPTS?
HOW WELL IS IT ORGANIZED?
ARE THE NEEDED RESOURCES AVAILABLE?
BROADER IMPACT
• DOES IT PROMOTE TEACHING AND LEARNING?
• DOES IT INCLUDE PARTICIPATION OF OTHERS?
• WILL THE RESULTS BE BROADLY
DISSEMINATED?
• HOW WILL SOCIETY BENEFIT?
Criterion 1: What is the
intellectual merit of the activity?
Potential Considerations:
• How important is the proposed activity to
advancing knowledge and understanding
within the field or across different fields?
• How well qualified are the team members to
conduct the project? Is it well organized?
• To what extent does the proposed activity
suggest and explore creative, original, or
potentially transformative concepts?
• How well conceived and organized is the
proposed activity?
• Is there sufficient access to resources?
Criterion 2: What are the broader
impacts of the proposed activity?
Potential Considerations:
•How well does the activity advance discovery
and understanding while promoting teaching,
training, and learning?
•How does the activity include participation of
underrepresented minority groups?
•To what extent will it enhance the infrastructure?
•Will the results be disseminated broadly?
•What may be the benefits of the activity to
society?
PROPOSAL REVIEW
Principal investigators should address the
following elements in their proposal.
• Integration of Research and Education
One of the principal strategies in support of NSF
goals is to foster integration of research and
education in funded projects through the
programs, projects, and activities at academic and
research institutions.
• Integrating Diversity into NSF Projects
Broadening opportunities and enabling the
participation of all citizens is essential to the
health and vitality of science and engineering.
The MRI Program Goals Are:
• Support the acquisition, through purchase, upgrade,
or development, of major state-of-the-art equipment
for research, research training, and integrated
research and educational activities.
• Enable academic departments, including team
efforts with others, to create learning environments
that integrate research and education.
• Foster the development of next generation
instrumentation.
•Promote partnerships between academic researchers
and private sector instrument developers.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE SOLICITATION AND THE
INSTITUTION’S LONG TERM GOALS AND
MISSION.
• PROVIDE EVIDENCE ON THE
COMMITMENT OF THE INSTITUTION
AND ITS PARTNERS TO IMPROVE THIS
AREA. (Longitudinal Databases)
• MAKE CERTAIN THE BUDGET FITS THE
SUMMARY PAGE GOALS / OBJECTIVES.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
•PROVIDE A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE
PROJECT THAT WILL ENSURE THE ACTIVITIES
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON TIME AND WITHIN
BUDGET.
•INCLUDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART AND A
TIME TABLE FOR OBJECTIVES.
•DISCUSS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL Review
COMMITTEES. (COMMITTEES KEEP MINUTES.)
Budgetary Guidelines
Equipment
• Reasonable for work---Realistic
• Well justified---Need established
• In line with program requests
• Discount
University Costs
• Management
• Travel
• Faculty and Students
PROPOSAL PREPARATION
BUDGET
A. Senior Personnel (PI, CoPI’s, Faculty) CAL/ACAD/SUMR
B. Other Personnel (Post Docs, Technicians, Students, Secretarial
Total Salaries and Wages (A+B)
C. Fringe Benefits
D. Equipment (Exceeds $5,000)
E. Travel
F Participant Support (Stipends, Travel, Subsistence, Other)
G. Other Direct Costs
Materials and Supplies
Publications/Dissemination
Consultant Services
Computer Services
Sub awards.
I. Indirect Costs (Specify Rate and Base)
M. Cost Sharing
PROPOSAL PREPARATION
WHAT NOT TO DO!
PROJECT SUMMARY
This project is designed to assist the professional development of high school
teachers. Most of our teachers are not certified to teach algebra or calculus. Also,
State Government has passed a Standards Based Curriculum that teachers are not
ready to implement. This will benefit our minority students and teachers. The
intellectual merit of the project is that it will build on the Standards activity and
will have more students taking calculus. The broader impact will be that teachers
will share more information through teachers meetings and students will take
more mathematics and become scientists in the work force.
BUDGET
Personnel (Five Senior and one Clerical)
$136,555
Equipment (new computer)
$ 45,000
Travel
$ 5,000
Participant Support (8 Teachers)
$ 10,000
Other (Supplies $1000; Consultants $20,000)$ 21,000
Indirect Cost
Waived
EVALUATION
• MUST CONFORM TO THE GPRA RULES:
INPUT-OUTPUT-OUTCOMES.
• DESCRIBE THE FORMATIVE PROJECT
EVALUATION METHODS TO BE USED.
• DESCRIBE THE SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
OF THE PROJECT WITH MEASURABLE
OUTCOMES THAT WILL TELL WHETHER
THE PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
HAVE BEEN MET.
DISSEMINATION
• DESCRIBE HOW THE DISSEMINATION PLAN
WILL SPREAD THE INFORMATION ON
RESULTS, PROVIDE FOR AN EXCHANGE OF
INFORMATION, AND IMPLEMENT NEW
INITIATIVES.
• DESCRIBE HOW THE EVALUATION DATA
WILL BE COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED FOR
USE IN THE DISSEMINATION PROCESS.
• UTILIZE PARTNERSHIPS FOR EFFECTIVE
DISSEMINATION.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
• EMPHASIZE PREVIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
• PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CURRENT
PROGRAMS.
• PROVIDE DATA ON CURRENT STEM
ENROLLMENT.
• PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PARTNERS.
AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR PRESENT
PROGRAMS.
Transition of S&E Workforce
Civilian Labor Force
TOTAL 139 Million
10.6 Million people
with S&E Degrees
7.7 Million with S&E
as highest degree
3.0 Million Social Sci.
2.8 Million Natural Sci.
1.9 Million Engineering
S&E BS Highest
Degree: 6.2 Million
S&E MS Highest
Degree: 2.8 Million
S&E Ph.D. Highest
Degree: 700,000
Employed in an S&E
Field: 1.9 Million
Employed in an S&E
Field: 970,000
Employed in an
S&E Field: 455,000
Employed outside
S&E: 4.3 Million
Employed outside
S&E: 1.8 Million
Women
106,000
Hispanic
10,700
African American 9,600
Native American 1,600
INDUSTRY
154,000
GOVERNMENT 45,000
ACADEMIA
236,000
Transition to the Ph.D. 2005
High School Graduation 3,100,000
Undergraduate Enrollment
TOTAL
14,948,149
MINORITY 4,437,000
Bachelor’s Degrees
TOTAL
1,402,195
(13% of all four-year students)
MINORITY 309,318
STEM BS Degrees 246,OO2
MINORITY
59,446
Four-Year Enrollment
TOTAL 8,276,000
Two-Year Enrollment
TOTAL 6,673,000
Assoc. Deg. 633,000
STEM Graduate
Enrollment
TOTAL 478,472
MINORITY 81,803
STEM PhD Degrees
TOTAL 17,980
MINORITY 1,966
FOREIGN 7,748
Transition to the Ph.D. OKLAHOMA 2005
Undergraduate Enrollment
TOTAL
187,245
MINORITY 47,750
Bachelor’s Degrees
TOTAL
17,427
MINORITY 3,566
STEM BS Degrees 2,829
MINORITY
608
Four-Year Enrollment
TOTAL 114,090
Two-Year Enrollment
TOTAL 73,155
STEM Graduate
Enrollment
TOTAL 4,274
MINORITY 547
STEM PhD Degrees
TOTAL 135
MINORITY 11
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