A GUIDE FOR PROPOSAL WRITING - NSF

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A GUIDE FOR PROPOSAL WRITING national SCIENCE FOUNDATION DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCESDivision of Undergraduate Education Table of Contents Introduction ________________________________________ ___________3 Program Information ________________________________________ ________4 Review Process ________________________________________ ____________5 Criteria for Evaluation ________________________________________ _______6 I. Intellectual Merit ________________________________________ ________________6 II. Broader Impacts ________________________________________ _______________7 ADVICE TO PROPOSAL WRITERS _________________________________9 Step 1 - Before You Write___________________________________ __________9 Getting Started ________________________________________ ___________________9 Gathering Background Information ________________________________________ __10 Looking at the Program Solicitation or Announcement ___________________________10 Thinking About the Target Audience ________________________________________ _11 Building Coalitions ________________________________________ _______________11 Other Considerations ________________________________________ _____________12 Step 2 - WRITING the Proposal________________________________ _________13

3 A GUIDE FOR PROPOSAL WRITING INTRODUCTION The staff of the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) …

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