• When will the one-on-one conversations occur on March 17th?

Once registration is closed on Feb 28th, we will identify slots for PIs who have expressed interest in meeting with CISE PDs at NSF on the second day (March 17th), based on the availability of the Program Directors. If you have expressed interest in this set of meetings on the registration form, we ask that you leave from Washington DC no earlier than 4pm on the 17th in order to make the appointment with a CISE PD. The schedule will be made available to all participants by March 6th.

• Will my attendance this year jeopardize the chance for me to attend the workshop again, in subsequent years?

Repeat attendees are allowed for this and future workshops.

• Are there guidelines on what goes into the one page proposal summary? Does it need to follow the typical NSF format and include things like Broader Impact and Intellectual Merit? or just a free flow summary of the research to be conducted.

We recommend that you use the NSF proposal summary format.

• Is there a selection process for acceptance into the workshop?

Acceptance is on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, register as soon as you can before the slots fill up.

• How will travel reimbursement be handled for the career workshop?

Travel reimbursement is only for faculty from HBCU/MEI institutions, at a fixed amount (about $800). We may consider to cover additional costs on a case-by-case basis.

• Will I qualify travel support for HBCU/MEI faculty?

If you are from a HBCU/MEI institution, we will consider you for travel support. We have limited number of grants available (around 30). If we get more than this number of requests for support from eligible faculty, we might end up scaling down the support numbers to accommodate everyone, but it has not occurred in the past.

• What is expected in the letter from my department Chair?

The letter from your department chair should mention that they will support your attendance at this workshop, ensure that you have the financial support to attend this event, and how it is important to your professional development.

• Will there be another one in the near future or if another division, in particular if MPS (or more specifically DMS) will be running something similar?

This workshop is specific to CISE. Other directorates in NSF organize similar workshops to benefit faculty members who apply to their own programs. If you are planning to target any of the CISE programs for your CAREER proposal, then you should consider attending this workshop.

• How will the 1 page proposal summary be used and who will review it?

The summary will be used when you meet with CISE program managers to discuss your ideas. It will not be used to select or filter participants. We recognize that your ideas may not be fully formed at this stage, but please try to capture them in the NSF-recommended summary format (Section C. 2.b of the following document): http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/2.jsp

• Will my proposal summary be kept confidential? I am hesitant to put this information as a web-link.

All information submitted to the workshop will be shared only amongst NSF program directors, and the workshop organizer. We recommend that you put your documents on a site and provide access to only those who have the link.

• Can I support my travel from one of my NSF grants?

If it is not relevant to the research funded under the grant (or pertinent to the broader impact activities identified under the project), then you cannot use that money for this purpose.