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