Resources
2026 NSF CAREER Webinar
CAREER funds early-career faculty to do research that inspires great teaching – and teaching that inspires great research. Getting a CAREER award is rocket fuel for your next five years. And even just thinking through the parts of the proposal will put you in better shape for the rest of your academic career.
In this webinar, we talked about the key pieces of pulling together a GREAT proposal by the July 22, 2026 deadline, including:
★ How to work within the newest PAPPG changes and executive orders
★ When (and how many times) in your career to apply
★ The most common CAREER proposal mistake (and how to avoid it)
★ The importance of integrating research and education
★ What Broader Impacts look like now
★ Yes, you need evaluation
★ The critical Department Letter
★ How to get started writing!
Grab the recording, transcript, and resources here, and share this page with anyone applying to CAREER - and anyone supporting faculty planning to apply.
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webinar recording, transcript, and resources below
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Webinar on PAPPG updates & the latest NSF news
★ The dissolution of Divisions
★ NSF staffing and building losses
★ What programs you can apply to now
★ Bigger maximum awards for some key programs
★ Fewer reviewers? And sometimes no panels at all?!
★ New and expanded restrictions on Chinese collaboration and technology
★ What the shift from “Tribal Nations” to “Indian Tribes” signals (spoiler: nothing!)
★ How “Gold Standard Science” will be operationalized at NSF
★ New research security training requirement for all PIs and senior/key personnel!
★ New data sharing rules
★ Why reviews are taking so much longer than usual
In early December, NSF dropped a Policy Notice with significant changes to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Further shifts are already in motion. If you submit proposals to NSF, these updates will affect you.
In this webinar we unpack what’s new and what it means for your next submission so nothing catches you off guard. We cover:
Grab the recording, transcript, and resources, and share this page with anybody applying to CAREER - and anyone advising or supporting students planning to apply.
Need support with submitting your next NSF proposal? We’re booking up but we still have some availability this year!
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Download the 1/13 PAPPG Updates & NSF News webinar recording, transcript and resources below
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Webinar on Building Better Broader Impacts for NSF GRFP proposals
The abbreviated deadline and other changes for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program in 2025 have left lots of students scrambling (and others disenfranchised!).
We want to help in two ways: the first is a recording of our October 15 webinar, Building Better Broader Impacts for NSF GRFP proposals!
We touch on:
★ How to develop your Broader Impacts plans
★ Examples of Broader Impacts activities
★ How to differentiate between Broader Impacts and Intellectual Merit
★ The best practices for articulating your Broader Impacts in the current federal climate
★ And much more
Grab the recording, transcript, and resources, and share this page with students applying to the GFRP - and anyone advising or supporting students planning to apply.
Need support with submitting your next NSF proposal? We still have some availability this year! Send me a message - and let’s strategize.
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Building Better (and EO-compliant!) Broader Impacts webinar
Trying to figure out how to work within NSF’s new Broader Impacts priorities, have societal impact, get funded, AND bring all minds into science? In our latest webinar, “Building Better (and EO compliant) Broader Impacts, where we clear up all of this and more.
We spend time dissecting NSF’s new rules, show examples of great BI plans and share strategies for writing an excellent one – so your proposal never gets declined based on your Broader Impacts again.
Some of the questions we answer…
★ What the heck does NSF want?
★ How are Broader Impacts different from broadening participation? (And can we still do that?)
★ How extensive should your Broader Impacts be?
★ What if you’re not good at science communication and outreach?
★ How do reviewers weight Broader Impacts vs. Intellectual merit?
Download this free webinar to tune into this comprehensive discussion, including great Q&As and every resource we shared during the presentation.
If you have any questions about how to navigate this new Broader Impacts landscape in the best way for your proposal, I’m here for you. Send me a message - and let’s strategize. Send me a message - and let’s strategize.
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Dissecting NSF’s New Broader Impacts Rules webinar
(plus the utter destruction of NSF as we know it)
★ What does this mean for broadening participation?
★ Which grants (1400 and counting) are being terminated, and why?
★ What do the eliminations of divisions and rotators mean?
★ What areas will be prioritized moving forward?
★ What will the final award review process look like and mean for the proposal process?
In our latest webinar, we distilled the latest information from our contacts inside, lawyers and experts, including "Updates on NSF Priorities" and the utter destruction of NSF as we have known it.
We talk about…
Download this free webinar now to tune into this comprehensive discussion, including great Q&As and a wealth of links and resources to help you parse through this fast-moving situation.
If you have any questions about proposing, NSF processes, or evaluating in this weird new world, I’m here for you. Send me a message - and let’s strategize.
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Demystifying NSF’s Earth Sciences (EAR) Reorganization Webinar
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently overhauled its Division of Earth Sciences - EAR. These changes mean:
★ Fewer silos!
★ No more budget targets!
★ More frequent panels?!
Check out this free recording of my webinar, where I break it all down for you in 40 minutes! (And yeah, my brand-new webcam froze 6 minutes in … so you don’t get to see my hand gesture for “asymptotically approaching perfection.” But honestly, being off-camera is kinda the level of freedom and anonymity I’ve always craved!)
We had time for some good Qs and As at the end of the webinar, but if you have more questions, I’m here for you – send me a message and let’s strategize!
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What To Do and When To Do It
NSF proposals have an overwhelming number of important pieces and critical steps - and you have to keep them all straight if you're going to be successful! This tried and tested timeline maps out when you need to start work on the most important pieces of your proposal. Get the timeline now and rest easier.
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Do you feel like an NSF outsider? Does NSF proposal review seem like a scary black box? The free, short weekly NSF Whisperer Newsletter provides pithy guidance that demystifies NSF processes, programs, and proposals. Say goodbye to overwhelming grant-writing angst and howdy to a more confident, strategic approach.
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Independent Consulting Comprehensive Partnership Model with Informed Change
Creating an effective partnership between two independent consulting firms takes intentionality, transparency, and effective structures and processes. This is the model we’ve developed as two firms leveraging our unique strengths to grow our evaluation capacity and better serve clients.
Handout from workshop “When Two are Better than One: Stories and Strategies to Build Your Business and Evaluation Capacity Through Partnership” at the American Evaluation Association conference, October 13, 2023.
