Helpful NSF Grant Links

I. Official NSF

1. general NSF

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg

2. information from fastlane

https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/proposals.jsp

II. Suggestions from Other Researchers

*Best-includes a sample grant (problem, 2009, they’ve updated the bits)- Jim Weichel

http://cd-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3255&version=4

Other:

how to not get funded: http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/support/grants/proposal/sciences/notfunded

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sfinger/advice/advice.html

great: http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~cmg/NSF/nsf.html

scam?: http://www.principalinvestigators.org/pdf/How%20to%20Write%20a%20Winning%20NSF%20Proposal.pdf

III. Latex Sources

latex templates for NSF proposals (careful, updated to latest specs?)

best:

http://sgsong.blogspot.com/2011/02/latex-template-for-nsf-proposal.html

Other:

1. latex - http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~sgille/how_to/proposal_prep.html

2. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12507/templates-for-nsf-grant-applications

IV. Other

1. Stuff from the Delta program (Broader Impact, CAREER award)

http://www.delta.wisc.edu/Events/workshops.html#CAREER_Award

Some helpful links for career advice

I will try to keep a running list of some helpful career tips

1. There is of course the 10 simple rules series--here is a good collection
%PLOS collection
http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browse/issue/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fissue.pcol.v03.i01

%Here is a good subset
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2041981/
http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Services/PHD+Studenten/Ressourcen/PDFfolder/Hamming+Rules?binary=true

2. Hamming's Talk. You and Your Research.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html

3. IMS Researchers Survival Guide
www.imstat.org/publications/books/NewResearchersGuide.pdf‎

Welcome and Promises of Things to Come

I will use this as my "research blog." But the name is probably too much of a catch-all. Things I might include here:
1. Career advice
2. Grant tips, writing tips, general tips
3. Papers I want to read
4. Code I want to try