1. Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn McKinley, Microsoft Research/UT Austin Lori Pollock, University of Delaware CRA-W Mid-Career Academic Track

2. CRA-W Computer Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Mission increase the participation and success of women in computing research

3. CRA-W Programs Graduate Students Undergraduates Academic careers Industry/government labs Undergrads: Undergraduate Research Experiences Undergrads: Distinguished lecture role models Grad Cohort: group mentoring of grad students Grad Students: Discipline Specific Research workshops PhD Researchers: group mentoring of early & mid career@ CMW, CAPP, Hopper & Tapia

4. Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines CRA-Women Co-Chair Funding

5. Introduce Yourself! Your Name, Your Name, Your Institution Career Stage Research and/or Education Interests

6. Monitoring for Resources, Hazards, and Fun with Wireless Sensor Networks Tracy Camp Professor, Colorado School of Mines Professor @ Colorado School of Mines 25 graduate students NZ Fulbright Scholar ACM Fellow Elements of my Funding Success 1. over 30 external grants awarded 2. over $20 million in external funding 3. led or co-led three large successful initiatives ($3-5 million each)

7. Mary Jean Harrold 1947-2003 Very Accomplished Researcher CRA-Women Co-Chair (2003-2006)

8. What is the problem? Why is it interesting? What are possible solutions? Why should you solve it? KEY: motivate the problem well (else reviewers won’t care about your solutions) Weave a Convincing Story Mary Jean Harrold (STARS 2009)

9. What Makes a Good Proposal? Mary Jean Harrold (STARS 2009) Seven Criteria (see handout) CARE: Is it an important problem? NOW: Why now? IDEAS: What are your initial ideas? RESULTS: What are your prelim. results? PLAN: Is your plan sensible? CAN-DO: Why you? LEGAL: Have you followed the rules?

10. Funding Pre-Tenure vs. Funding Post-Tenure … take advantage of the freedom Find your passion! (if you haven’t already) – Solving societal problems? make the world a better place! – Curriculum innovation? improve student lives! – Science policy outreach? tell the public how important we are! External visibility and leadership are critical

11. Collaboration: Then & Now Collaboration as you advance in your career –Your Role –Before: more likely was participant and member of team –Now: may take on stronger, leading role in initiating collaboration and project –Motivation/Benefits –Before: cool problems, networking opportunities, funding –Now: bigger and more visible cool problems, leadership opportunities (set the agenda), mentoring junior colleagues

12. Collaboration: Why & How l Successful collaboration is a multiplier –Enables you to achieve more than you can on your own, is fun and brings new friends and colleagues l Unsuccessful collaboration can be a negative multiplier –Wastes time, is stressful, creates hard feelings

13. Collaboration: Do’s & Don’ts l Do –collaborate with successful people (check them out) –be a good collaborator yourself (timely, quality, etc.) –recruit good students (review applications, try a student out, teach grad reading class, summer REUs) l Don’t –collaborate with freeloaders (learn to say no)

14. Collaboration: Let’s Discuss! l How might you respond to a collaboration request from freeloaders? l What can you do to recover when you’re a collaborator and are finding yourself falling behind on responsibilities? Share responses

15. Other Funding Do’s Visit funding agency sites regularly – Talk to appropriate program manager(s) – Volunteer to serve on review panels especially for types of proposals you plan to submit – Expand your funding sources Seek advice/examples from colleagues – Ask successful colleagues to review your proposal and Listen to their feedback – Borrow sample proposals from successful colleagues Understand the program you are submitting to – Read the program announcement carefully – Read funded summaries/proposals of projects from that program

16. Other Funding Do’s Fund your research through a variety of sources If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again – Read reviews carefully – Don’t take it personally – Talk to program manager – Be persistent Write a few GOOD proposals – Immature ideas/plans rarely get funded – Borrow sample proposals from successful colleagues

17. Funding: Discussion Questions How do I create a dream team for a large grant proposal? What do I do when a Co-PI is not taking on their responsibilities as part of a large grant? When a large proposal is not funded, how should I proceed (given the significant burden of putting it together)?

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