1. NSF Proposal writing workshop
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
June 8, 2015

2. Welcome! Over 170 registrants International and US participants
Individual and group activities are included in the agenda
The workshop success depends on your active participation
Grouping description

3. Workshop details
The workshop aims to aid future NSF proposal submitters in communicating clear research objectives and improving proposal quality
Tighter focus than NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshops
Workshop is funded by CMMI MME (Dr. ZJ Pei)
Workshop presentations will be made available at

4. agenda Dr. George Hazelrigg presentation Two individual activities
One group activity
Break
Two group activities
Question/answer period
Questionnaire

5. A counting exercise
Video – count how many passes the team in white makes with the basketball
What lesson can we learn?
Don’t obscure your objective (the witch) within paragraphs of information (the passes) that don’t help the reviewers evaluate your proposal