Resources
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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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.
CAREER Broader Impacts and Evaluation Webinar
When writing grant proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF), many scientists struggle with the "broader impacts" section (outreach, diversity, education, and other activities that have societal benefits), and have questions about the requirement that activities be evaluated or assessed. Dr. Amy Myrbo, evaluator, grant writer, and broader impacts consultant, provides perspectives and recommendations on these issues, particularly for the NSF CAREER program, but which are applicable to nearly any NSF proposal.
Webinar, June 8, 2021