Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:27:45 -0500 From: Maria Zemankova mzemanko@nsf.gov Subject: NSF CAREER and PECASE proposals due 7/22/99 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program and Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Proposal submission deadline: July 22, 1999 For details, see: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf99110 The CAREER Program is a Foundation-wide activity that supports junior faculty within the context of their overall career development. The CAREER program is intended to support the junior researchers in establishing their research and in developing an exciting educational program that integrates their research with educational and/or outreach projects. I would like to encourage the junior academic researchers to submit CAREER proposals. In the Information and Data Management (IDM) Program, every effort is made to support the researchers at the early stages of their career. Typically, the success rate of CAREER proposals is about 30% (as opposed to much lower success rates for regular proposals). PECASE awards recognize outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge. This Presidential Award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Junior researchers with an excellent research record and exciting new ideas for research and education projects are encouraged to apply for the PECASE program within the CAREER proposal. Needless to say, the success rate is quite low for the PECASE submissions. However, the IDM research community has been very successful in having our excellent junior faculty recognized in the first 2 years of the PECASE program: 1997: Renee J. Miller, Ohio State University (now at Univ. of Toronto) (see http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/pr9765.htm) 1998: Gregory H. Leazer, Univ. of California - Los Angeles (see http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/99/pr998.htm) I hope this year's CAREER proposal submissions will result in lauching many successful careers and provide additional names to the PECASE honor roll for the IDM Program. ================================================================== Maria Zemankova, Ph.D. Program Director, Information and Data Management (IDM) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115 Arlington, VA 22230 email: mzemanko@nsf.gov Phone: 703-306-1926 Fax: 703-306-0599 URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/idm =================================================================
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