National Science Foundation— The majority of my sponsored research is funded by the U.S. National
Science Foundation, which is tax-funded. I write proposals, which are confidentially
evaluated by my peers, and when my peers and NSF find my proposals to have compelling
intellectual merit and potential for broader impact, I receive grants. I use
these grants to support my summer salary, my doctoral students stipends, benefits,
and tuition, my lab's research expenses, hourly undergraduate research assistants,
and our travel. My doctoral students also write their own proposals, often winning
NSF graduate research fellowships to support the first 3 years of their doctoral
work. My NSF awards include:
Six of my 13 past and present doctoral students have also won NSF Graduate Research
Fellowships, which support three years of their research.
For those preparing CAREER proposals looking for a exemplars, here is my
awarded proposal.