Designed for early career faculty in science and engineering. Spread over eleven half-day sessions, it covers a broad range of topics, including proposal writing techniques, a review of prominent funding sources, and proposal preparation practice.
Like most of our workshops, PROWESS features presentations from RD staff and faculty, as well as panels of faculty with particularly relevant experience.
Applications will be solicited in December, and PROWESS will be held over the summer. Tentatively, we anticipate that PROWESS sessions will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from mid June to early August, with exact dates to be determined based on participants' schedules.
Contact stem@research.ucsb.edu for more information.
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
SESSION 1
Introductions
Overview of PROWESS
Story Structure for Proposal Writing
SESSION 2
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Writing a First Draft
SESSION 3
Basic Strategies for Successful Grant Writing
Peer review session #1
SESSION 4
Successful Grant Writing & Making Effective Figures
Finding Funding Opportunities with Pivot
SESSION 5
Flow and Coherence in Proposal Writing
Peer review session #2
SESSION 6
Developing Your Research Agenda and Funding Strategy
NSF Funding Panel
SESSION 7
Contacting Program Officers & Writing a 1-Pager
Developing a Budget
Peer review session #3
SESSION 8
NIH Funding Panel
DOE Funding Panel
SESSION 9
Research Support on Campus
Peer review session #4
SESSION 10
Developing Quad Charts
DOD Funding Panel
SESSION 11
Industry Funding Panel
Wrap Up
PROWESS Evaluation