arlington.php?building=original) at George Mason University (Arlington Campus), Arlington, VA.

Day 1 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)

7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:30 NSF Program directors present NSF CAREER proposal Guidelines; Questions and Answers

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 NSF Program directors continue their presentation; Questions and Answers

12:00-13:00 Working lunch. Participants have interactions with NSF program directors, recent CAREER awardees, and other participants, asking more questions, sharing what they have learned, etc.

13:00-13:15 NSF Program directors describe procedures for a typical CAREER proposal panel meeting

13:15-13:30 Panel preparations, conflict briefing

13:30-15:00 Mock panels (about three months prior to the workshop, about five CAREER proposals will be sent to attendees)

13:30-15:00 Review proposals and put each proposal in one of the three categories: PC (primary consideration), SC (secondary consideration), and DNC (do not consider)

15:00-15:15 Break

13:30-16:00 Mock panels continue

15:00-15:20 Rank the proposals in PC and SC categories

15:20-16:00 Write panel summary for each proposal

16:15-16:30 Break

16:30-16:45 Panels report their rankings on the proposals in PC and SC categories

16:45-18:00 Two recent CAREER awardees present their stories and share their experiences; and Questions and Answers

18:00-19:00 No-host dinner. Participants have more interactions among themselves

19:00-21:00 Homework assignment -- attendees rewrite their proposal summaries based on what they have learned during the day

Day 2 (Friday, March 13, 2009)

7:30-8:30 Continental breakfast

8:30-11:00 Mock panels (to review modified project summaries from the participants in the panel)

8:30-10:00 Review project summaries and put each of them in one of the three categories: PC (primary consideration), SC (secondary consideration), and DNC (do not consider)

10:00-10:20 Rank the project summaries in PC and SC categories

10:20-10:30 Write panel summary for each project summary

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30 Mock panels continue

11:30-12:00 Wrap-up; Questions and Answers

12:00-13:00 Working lunch. Participants have interactions with NSF program directors, recent CAREER awardees, and other participants, asking more questions, sharing what they have learned, etc.

13:00-15:00 One-on-one meeting with NSF program directors

15:00 Adjourn