scholarly journals New NSF policy will stifle innovation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L Eisthen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Principal Investigator ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
Environmental Biology ◽  
The Core ◽  
National Science ◽  
The U.S

A new proposal submission policy announced by the U.S. National Science Foundation Biology Directorate mandates that researchers can serve as principal investigator or co-PI on only one proposal per fiscal year to each of the core tracks of the Divisions of Environmental Biology, Integrative Organismal Systems, and Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The rationale for the restriction is apparently to prevent rapid resubmission of declined proposals; however other NSF programs without deadlines simply prohibit rapid resubmission of proposals and some place no restrictions on submissions. We are deeply concerned that the new restrictions will damage biological research by limiting researchers’ ability to collaborate. In addition, the restrictions will exacerbate pressure on early-career colleagues who may turn to safe, fundable submissions rather than novel and transformative ideas. We write this letter in hopes of raising the alarm about this misguided and harmful new policy.

scholarly journals New NSF policy will stifle innovation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L Eisthen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Principal Investigator ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
Environmental Biology ◽  
The Core ◽  
National Science ◽  
The U.S

A new proposal submission policy announced by the U.S. National Science Foundation Biology Directorate mandates that researchers can serve as principal investigator or co-PI on only one proposal per fiscal year to each of the core tracks of the Divisions of Environmental Biology, Integrative Organismal Systems, and Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The rationale for the restriction is apparently to prevent rapid resubmission of declined proposals; however other NSF programs without deadlines simply prohibit rapid resubmission of proposals and some place no restrictions on submissions. We are deeply concerned that the new restrictions will damage biological research by limiting researchers’ ability to collaborate. In addition, the restrictions will exacerbate pressure on early-career colleagues who may turn to safe, fundable submissions rather than novel and transformative ideas. We write this letter in hopes of raising the alarm about this misguided and harmful new policy.

scholarly journals The 2011 National Science Foundation Political Science Awards

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (01) ◽  
pp. 124-126
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces it awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2011. The Program funded 25 new projects and 44 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. The Political Science Program spent $5,234,470 on these research, training and workshop projects and $483,822 on dissertation training grants for political science students. The program holds two grant competitions annually —Regular Research, August and January 15; Dissertation Improvement, September 16 and January 15— and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

scholarly journals Chapter 1. Remarks on the opening of the historic place names of Franz Josef Land workshop, Oslo, Norway, 12-13 May 2015

2015 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Susan Barr
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
State University ◽  
Place Names ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Franz Josef Land ◽  
National Science ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The U.S

Remarks at the opening of a workshop, sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and held in Oslo, Norway, from 12-13 May 2015, to discuss the historic place names of the High Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land. The visiting students from Penn State University, none of whom had ever before been to Europe, were anxious to hear how Dr. Barr, a native of the United Kingdom, had come to Norway and made a life for herself in a different country with a different language, as a female in a then-largely male universe of polar research, and, in a nation of hunters, as a vegetarian.

scholarly journals “I Have Never Had A PBL Like This Before”

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea S. Gomoll ◽  
Becky Hillenburg ◽  
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Principal Investigator ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Video Viewing ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
National Science

Video and co-design can be powerful tools to enrich problem-based learning experiences. We explore how a teacher and researcher engaged in co-design of a PBL experience focused on human-centered robotics as well as the resulting design. They explored the question “How can we design a robot that serves a need in our local community?” We highlight three aspects of the most recent iteration of our PBL curriculum that we have identified as central to its success. These three elements include: 1) co-design experiences that occurred before and during unit implementation, 2) the use of shared video viewing and analysis both in co-design and with student groups in the classroom, and 3) the bringing of local stakeholders into the classroom to work closely with students. These three aspects of our curriculum are positioned here as takeaways for researchers and educators working to design, implement, and study PBL. Acknowledgments: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation through ITEST grant #1433414. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this report are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the official views, opinions, or policy of the National Science Foundation. A special thanks to Dr. Selma Šabanovic, principal investigator, and Dr. Matt Francisco for their contributions to this work.

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