Successful Grant Writing for the National Science Foundation

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Presented by Linnea Fletcher, Ph.D., Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation

Are you interested in getting funding from the National Science Foundation? This is an interactive session on how to prepare a competitive proposal targeting programs in the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE). You will learn about the review process at NSF, what are the important elements of an NSF proposal, and interactively learning how to ensure that your NSF proposal addresses these elements. Handouts on proposal writing for NSF, including an example proposal, will be made available. The wrap-up session will review the most common mistakes people make when submitting a proposal to NSF.

Linnea Fletcher

A life-long fascination in science caused Linnea Fletcher to obtain bachelors and master's degrees in Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California at Irvine before coming to Texas to earn her Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Texas at Austin. After several years working in laboratories, Dr. Fletcher began a career in education at Austin Community College (ACC) in 1991. She taught in the Biology, the Chemistry and the Applied Health departments, and served as Division Chair and Assistant Dean of Math, Science and Technology at a new campus. In 1997, Dr. Fletcher became interested in bringing biotechnology training to ACC. She started the program, and served as its first Department Chair until fall 2008. The Biotechnology Program trains both two-year students, and students with a four-year degree to work in area industry such as Applied Biosystems, Agilent, and Luminex. During this time she also received an National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grant to develop and implement a high school dual credit Introduction to Biotechnology course, served as the South Central Regional Director for the ATE Center grant in Biotechnology known as Bio-link, the Governor’s Bioscience Cluster, and participated in several NSF and state funded curriculum projects. The projects ranged from developing applied math problems in biotechnology, biological modules for MEM and nanotechnology students, and a ninth grade Technology and Engineering textbook. Currently she is on leave of absence from her home institution and working in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation in the areas of ATE, S-STEM, CCLI and Robert Noyce Scholarship programs.

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