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Get your proposal Get your proposal fundedfunded
Tom WagnerTom WagnerProgram DirectorProgram Director
Antarctic Geology and Antarctic Geology and Geophysics ProgramGeophysics Program
Improving your Improving your proposal—Part I proposal—Part I
(and biasing your Program Officer in (and biasing your Program Officer in your favor)your favor)
Do mail reviewsDo mail reviews Volunteer to be on a panelVolunteer to be on a panel Suggest reviewers for your proposalSuggest reviewers for your proposal Do mail reviews (yes, we said this twice) Do mail reviews (yes, we said this twice)
Improving your Improving your proposal—Part IIproposal—Part II
Plan your logistics carefully Plan your logistics carefully Initial request will guide final planInitial request will guide final plan Submit an Operational Requirements Submit an Operational Requirements
Worksheet (ORW) with proposalWorksheet (ORW) with proposal
Be fully aware of available resourcesBe fully aware of available resources Ask! They are extensive…Ask! They are extensive…
Facilities Facilities
USARC: USARC:
Established: Decades…Constructed: USGSOperating award:
$500K/Year Staff: ~Two full-time
Geospatial dataAir photos, geologic & topo maps, related data Served digitally & hard copy
United States Antarctic Resource Center
Antarctic Multibeam Antarctic Multibeam Synthesis Data PortalSynthesis Data Portal
Established at LDEO in 2002Construction: NSF-OPPOperating award:
$150K/Year Staff: Various
ContentsBathymetric data from most Gould and Palmer cruises
Does not respond to reviewer criticismsDoes not respond to reviewer criticisms Unaware of difference between intellectual merit Unaware of difference between intellectual merit
and broader impactand broader impact Not gauging proposal to requirements of workNot gauging proposal to requirements of work
One field season or two?One field season or two? Two years of funding or three?Two years of funding or three?
Failure to cite relevant literatureFailure to cite relevant literature Some is tough to find…Some is tough to find…
Common pitfallsCommon pitfalls
ResourcesResourcesNSF Awards Database: nsf.gov/awardsearch/
Antarctic Master Directory: gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd/
Byrd Polar Research Center: www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu
Antarctic Research Series: Volumes from AGU
United States Antarctic Resources Center: usarc.usgs.gov
National Snow and Ice Data Center: nsidc.org
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences: Proceedings
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research: scar.org
Resources IIResources IIJournals: Terra Antarctica
Books: Antarctic Marine Geology by John Anderson (Cambridge, 1999)
Antarctic Multibeam Synthesis: www.marine-geo.org
Antarctic Sediment Core Repository: www.arf.fsu.edu
Antarctic Rock Repository: bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/
WAIS: igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/
ANDRILL: www.andrill.org
SHALDRIL: shaldril.rice.edu
Do you know our average Do you know our average mail review score?mail review score?
Improving your proposal—Part Improving your proposal—Part VV
4.0/5.0—Very Good4.0/5.0—Very Good
Would it get the cover of Would it get the cover of NatureNature?? Is it framed to answer a globally relevant Is it framed to answer a globally relevant
question, not just Antarctic?question, not just Antarctic? Bounce ideas off us. We breath, drink, eat, Bounce ideas off us. We breath, drink, eat,
and sleep proposals and reviews.and sleep proposals and reviews.
What are the What are the ultimate ultimate implications of your implications of your work?work?
Other OpportunitiesOther Opportunities Crosscutting and NSF-wide Crosscutting and NSF-wide
programsprograms CAREERCAREER REUREU RUIRUI
Other Programs at NSFOther Programs at NSF BiologyBiology GeosciencesGeosciences
International International CollaborationCollaboration
Diverse array of opportunities in Antarctica
Many countries have research programs that encourage partnerships
Required for IPY
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