NSF CAREER Cohort Program

Research Development professionals will recognize this problem: you have multiple faculty submitting, limited bandwidth, and high stakes for every single one of them. The Cohort Program lets you deliver real, expert-level support to your whole group at once. Faculty learn from each other's questions and drafts, because sometimes they don't know what they don't know. Expert presentations carry the instructional load, and everyone is making real writing progress from early in the process. And it costs significantly less per person than individual coaching.

What’s included:

  • Eight to ten 1-hour presentations and Q&A sessions, plus open office hours

  • Scaffolded assignments every session, with critical feedback

  • Feedback on initial Concept Outline to send to your NSF Program Officer

  • Support for Broader Impacts, mentoring, safety, and education plans in line with current NSF requirements

  • Literature review and annotated bibliography for Education activities

  • Evaluation plan support

  • One full Red Team review per participant

  • Peer feedback and shared accountability

Starting at $4,500 per participant

Final pricing depends on cohort size and institutional needs. Reach out to talk through what this could look like for your faculty.