Workshop | Joyce Ho + John Lindo | NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) grant workshop

Have you thought about applying to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)?  These prestigious awards can provide a major boost to your career and require an integration of education and research activities different from more conventional research grant applications.

Learn more about this program and how to put together a successful application through this discussion and informal Q&A with two recent Emory awardees, Dr. Joyce Ho (Computer Science) and Dr. John Lindo (Anthropology)

Timing cues:
0:09 Introduction, Dietrich Stout, CMBC Director 
1:02 What is an NSF Early Career Grant? 
2:20 Introduction of Joyce Ho and John Lindo 
3:56 Is this the right grant? 
4:59 Should you volunteer to serve on an NSF panel? What are panels looking for? 
13:55 Collaboration and stages of putting your program together 
16:04 Educational component and innovations 
18:30 NSF vs. NIH 
18:57 What do panelist want to know? 
19:15 At what point in your career should you apply? 
25:03 How is the "educational component" assessed? 
28:55 How much should you budget for education? Budget discussion 
31:50 What kind of feedback do you get? How to revise for resubmission 
33:37 Who should target a CAREER vs. other grant mechanisms? For what? 
39:45 How to develop a five year plan?

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