Get your proposal funded Tom Wagner Program Director Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program

Improving your proposal— Part I (and biasing your Program Officer in your favor) Do mail reviews Do mail reviews Volunteer to be on a panel Volunteer to be on a panel Suggest reviewers for your proposal Suggest reviewers for your proposal Do mail reviews (yes, we said this twice) Do mail reviews (yes, we said this twice)

Improving your proposal—Part II Plan your logistics carefully Plan your logistics carefully Initial request will guide final plan Initial request will guide final plan Submit an Operational Requirements Worksheet (ORW) with proposal Submit an Operational Requirements Worksheet (ORW) with proposal Be fully aware of available resources Be fully aware of available resources Ask! They are extensive… Ask! They are extensive…

Facilities

USARC: Established: Decades… Constructed: USGS Operating award: $500K/Year Staff: ~Two full-time Geospatial data Air photos, geologic & topo maps, related data Served digitally & hard copy U nited S tates A ntarctic R esource C enter

Antarctic Multibeam Synthesis Data Portal Established at LDEO in 2002 Construction: NSF-OPP Operating award: $150K/Year Staff: Various Contents Bathymetric data from most Gould and Palmer cruises

Does not respond to reviewer criticisms Does not respond to reviewer criticisms Unaware of difference between intellectual merit and broader impact Unaware of difference between intellectual merit and broader impact Not gauging proposal to requirements of work Not gauging proposal to requirements of work One field season or two? One field season or two? Two years of funding or three? Two years of funding or three? Failure to cite relevant literature Failure to cite relevant literature Some is tough to find… Some is tough to find… Common pitfalls

Resources NSF Awards Database: nsf.gov/awardsearch/nsf.gov/awardsearch/ Antarctic Master Directory: gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd/gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd/ Byrd Polar Research Center : www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu Antarctic Research Series: Volumes from AGU United States Antarctic Resources Center: usarc.usgs.govusarc.usgs.gov National Snow and Ice Data Center: nsidc.org nsidc.org International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences: Proceedings Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research: scar.orgscar.org

Resources II Journals : Terra Antarctica Books: Antarctic Marine Geology by John Anderson (Cambridge, 1999) Antarctic Multibeam Synthesis: Antarctic Sediment Core Repository: Antarctic Rock Repository: bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/ WAIS: igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/ ANDRILL: SHALDRIL: shaldril.rice.edushaldril.rice.edu

Do you know our average mail review score? Improving your proposal—Part V

4.0/5.0—Very Good

Would it get the cover of Nature? Would it get the cover of Nature? Is it framed to answer a globally relevant question, not just Antarctic? Is it framed to answer a globally relevant question, not just Antarctic? Bounce ideas off us. We breath, drink, eat, and sleep proposals and reviews. Bounce ideas off us. We breath, drink, eat, and sleep proposals and reviews. What are the ultimate implications of your work?

Other Opportunities Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs CAREER CAREER REU REU RUI RUI Other Programs at NSF Other Programs at NSF Biology Biology Geosciences Geosciences

International Collaboration  Diverse array of opportunities in Antarctica  Many countries have research programs that encourage partnerships  Required for IPY