ABOUT NSF CAREER INSTITUTE AT UCI
UCI offers an NSF CAREER Institute for Assistant Professors to hone their skills in the art of competitive grant writing and proposal development.
NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Applicants must hold a tenure-track position as an assistant professor. Read about the CAREER program on NSF’s website.
Objectives
Increase the number, quality and success rate of NSF CAREER proposals submitted by UCI faculty.
Train early career scientists in the art of competitive grant writing and proposal development.
Increase the quality of NSF proposals and funding success rate overall.
Components
Timing
October
Institute Announced
November
Applications Due
January to June
Institute in Session
4th Wednesday in July Annually
NSF CAREER Deadline
PROGRAMMING INFORMATION
For Applicants
Applicants are expected to submit either an NSF-style project summary or 250-word abstract describing their project.
Applicants should be planning to submit a CAREER proposal for the annual NSF deadline in the year that they apply. We welcome applications from CAREER-eligible faculty resubmitting a CAREER proposal or submitting for the first time. UCI started running the NSF CAREER Institute at UCI in 2023 and plans to run it annually.
For Mentors
Faculty mentors provide peer feedback on draft project descriptions and keep PIs on track. Mentors will lead small group activities consisting of up to seven NSF CAREER grant applicants. Each faculty mentor will receive $2,000 in discretionary research funds to facilitate approximately 6-8 meetings with your group between January and June.
Applications from faculty mentors should include an NSF biosketch and statement expressing interest to serve as a mentor that explains past proposal writing experience of grants submitted to NSF and other sponsors.
INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM
Melinda Gormley
Research and Policy Coordinator, Center for Population, Inequality and Policy
Darine Zaatari
Director of Research Development, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Holly Hapke
Director of Research Development, School of Social Sciences
Helen Lee
Director of Research Development, Samueli School of Engineering
CONTACT
Dr. Melinda Gormley
Lead Instructor and Coordinator of UCI’s NSF CAREER Institute
Research and Policy Coordinator, Center for Population, Inequality and Policy
SPONSORS
The NSF CAREER Institute at UCI is supported by funding from UCI’s Vice Chancellor of Research, as well as the schools of those faculty participating in the Institute.
