Website: NSF CAREER Program
Award Focus and Review Criteria: supports junior faculty who are examples of excellent teacher-scholars. Rewards outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of the organization
Award amount: $400,000+ for 5 years
Funding for PI salary, research assistantships, travel, materials and supplies, publication costs, consultant services, equipment, field work, research at other institutions.
Deadline: mid-July
Tips
- Contact with Program Officers is encouraged. To locate a contact closest to your area of research, go to NSF website, look on the left toolbar, select Program Areas" then NSF Division/Office to review the Divisions, Programs, and Program Descriptions. Watch this short video with Quick Tips for Talking with Program Officers produced by UMass Lowell (look for the video on the far right)
- Search NSF Fastlane for examples of similar funded proposals
- Consult the Grant Application Writer's Workbook: NSF version, Russell and Morrison (order a copy pr contact the Grants Office)
Resources to Strenghten Your Application
Writing a Winning CAREER Proposal by Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies LLC, 2015 (scroll down for links to examples of proposal section text)
NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Tips (a compendium of advice from applicants at various institutions, compiled by A.J. Pei at Kansas State University, 2007)
Dr. Hazelrigg CAREER Powerpoint presentation at NSF (University of S. Florida, 2013)
Developing an effective education plan for your CAREER (blog posting by Ecologist Dr. Meghan Duffy, U of MI, 2013)
NSF CAREER panel discussion (7 award recipients from U of Central Florida discuss their experiences; posted April 2016; about 1.5 hours)
Updated May 2020/JW