Project NExT Session: Early Career Grant Applications

San Diego , Monday, January 7, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Organizers: Zdeňka Guadarrama, Hemanshu Kaul, Deborah Kent, Xiaoyue Luo, Carl Toews.

Presenters:

John Conway: chair of the mathematics department at George Washington University. He has held major research grants from the NSF, and has served as an NSF program officer.

“Writing a research proposal” Handout

Contact: conway@gwu.edu

Karen Marrongelle: professor at Portland State University. She is currently a co-principle investigator for a large NSF grant in mathematics education, and program director of the NSF Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings.

“Funding at the National Science Foundation” Slides

Contact: karenmar@pdx.edu

Eric Rawdon: professor at St. Thomas University. He has won multiple grants to conduct undergraduate research.

“Apply!”

Contact: ejrawdon@stthomas.edu

Michelle Wagner: applied research mathematician at the NSA, as well the Director of the NSA's Mathematical Sciences Program. The MSP funds research in both pure and applied mathematics.

“Grants and sabbaticals program at the National Security Agency”

E-mail Dr. Wagner to request presentation slides

Contact: mdwagn4@nsa.gov