NSF/CISE Holding CAREER Proposal Writing Workshops

February 18th, 2012 by Erwin Gianchandani No comments »

NSF/CISE holding CAREER proposal writing workshops [image courtesy NSF].The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has announced that it will hold two workshops later this spring to help young faculty prepare CAREER proposals. The first workshop will be held in Philadelphia on March 30th, and the second will take place in Phoenix on May 18th. According to CISE:

The goal of the workshops is to help  future CISE proposal submitters to prepare competitive CAREER proposals. The workshops intend to provide young faculty members skills in CAREER proposal writing, panel review experience, and opportunities to interact with NSF program directors and recent NSF CAREER awardees.

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LIVE Video Today: The Impact of NITRD

February 16th, 2012 by Erwin Gianchandani No comments »

A Symposium on the Impact of NITRDBeginning at 8:15am EST today, we will be streaming live via the web an all-day symposium – titled The Impact of NITRD: Two Decades of Game-Changing Breakthroughs in Networking and Information Technology – marking two decades of the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. Watch it live following the link!

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CISE AD Issues Letter to Community on FY 13 Budget Rollout

February 14th, 2012 by Erwin Gianchandani 1 comment »

NSF/CISE Assistant Director Farnam Jahanian has issued the following letter to the community describing yesterday’s FY 2013 budget rollout:

Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for NSF/CISEDear Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community,

 

Yesterday, the President delivered the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget to Congress. The Administration is requesting a total of nearly $7.4 billion dollars for NSF, which is an increase of $340 million, or almost five percent, over the FY 2012 NSF Enacted level. The Request also includes an increase of $56 million, or 8.6 percent, over the FY 2012 Current Plan for the CISE Directorate, for a total of $709.7 million. For more information on the NSF FY 2013 budget, see: http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2013/index.jsp.

 

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