CUR Dialogues: Become a More Effective Proposal Writer

CUR Dialogues

Have you submitted proposals and wondered how they were reviewed? Have you had proposals declined and wondered why when you thought it was a great and fundable proposal? At CUR Dialogues you can attend a National Science Foundation Mock Review Panel that will help you become a more successful proposal writer.

Participatory Mock Panel Review of an NSF-TUES Proposal
Duncan McBride, Lead Program Director (PHY/AST), NSF

Program Officers from many funding agencies will be presenting workshops on the specifics of their grant programs, and can give you valuable tips to help secure your next grant.

Also, In order to receive the $169 nightly rate at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza, please make your reservation on or before Monday, February 7th.

CUR Dialogues
February 24-26, 2011
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC


CUR Dialogues is designed to bring faculty and administrators to Washington, D.C. to interact with federal agency program officers and other grant funders.

Workshops and plenary sessions will:
tell participants about grant opportunities in research and education, both new and ongoing;
help faculty learn how to find new funding opportunities;
help faculty develop grant proposal writing skills.
Participants will:

meet in small groups and talk with program officers and grants management officers -- NSF, NIH, NEH, NEA, DoED, USDA, and more;
take the opportunity to communicate directly with program officers and grants administrators concerning grant requirements and funders’ priorities;
share ideas with colleagues.
In addition, CUR Dialogues provides a setting for funders to learn of the interests, needs, and concerns of researchers and educators relative to funding opportunities. CUR Dialogues have spawned many ideas for grant programs, and have helped agencies to refine their program guidelines.

Who should attend:
Faculty at all career stages; undergraduate research directors; grants administrators; development officers.

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More information

http://www.cur.org/11curdialogues/11cd.html

CUR Dialogues: Become a More Effective Proposal Writer