NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Informational Panel

Thinking of applying to National Science Foundation (NSF)'s CAREER Program? Please join us for a panel discussion with one of the NSF Program Directors from the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and a few UMD CAREER awardees. Discover information about the program, interact with the panelists and find out how to become a successful applicant!

See the attached flyer for more details on panelists!

WHEN: Wednesday, March 11 @ 1:30PM

WHERE: Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute (Parking available!)

RSVP here!! 

This event is open to multiple institutions and colleges in the area, limited space is available!! PLEASE RSVP!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

All the best,

Hana

Hana Kabashi, MA, CRA

Research Development Office

Office of the Vice President for Research

University of Maryland, College Park

hkabashi@umd.edu

301-405-4178

IRES PROGRAM ON AUTONOMY IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS (for graduate students): Participants will study autonomous mobility in complex natural environments based on flying and gliding rainforest animals with the help of an interdisciplinary mentor network located in Korea, Singapore, and Brunei. Students will get an opportunity throughout the program to participate in professional development opportunities for IRES scholars and their mentors, led by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The 13-week summer program will start with an orientation week at the Virginia Tech campus followed by a modular sequence of setup with an engineering mentor at either KAIST or the National University of Singapore (NUS), a biology immersion in Borneo at the University of Brunei (UBD), and finally a data analysis/engineering integration module at KAIST. The program will cover all cost and pay a $5000 fellowship to each participant.  Participants must be US-citizens/Greencard holders and graduate students. An application package consisting of CV, research statement (1 page), and unofficial transcript should be emailed to rolf.mueller@vt.edu. Two letters of reference should also be emailed directly to this address.

Program Website: https://eng.vt.edu/academics/international-programs/international-research/ires/ires-brunei.html

Program Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBDVTLab

The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020. Significant changes include:

• NSF will require use of an NSF-approved format in submission of the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents, once the PAPPG (NSF 20-1) becomes effective;
  
  
• NSF is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use SciENcv: Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae as an NSF-approved format for preparation of both documents.
  
  
• Use of an NSF-approved format will not be required until implementation of PAPPG 20-1 on June 1, 2020.
  
  
• To assist the community, NSF has developed websites with additional information for the preparation of the biographical sketch and current and pending support.
  
  
• New requirement for proposing organizations to submit government-wide representations and certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM);
  
  
• New requirement for providing e-mail documentation of Program Officer approval for the submission of RAPID and EAGER proposals; and
  
  
• Clarifications to current and pending support coverage as well as other changes throughout the document.

You are encouraged to review the by-chapter summary of changes provided in the Introduction section of the PAPPG.

While this version of the PAPPG becomes effective on June 1, 2020, in the interim, the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 19-1) continue to apply.

Additionally NSF has published a FAQ for the updates to the NSF current and pending.  NSF will no longer accept Current and Pending document not prepared using an NSF approved generation tool.  More details can be found in the attached document (please download FAQ document below).