GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS
Proposals for faculty sabbaticals are short, not to exceed 5 single-spaced (12-pt type) research proposal pages including bibliographic references. CVs may be up to an additional 2 pages.
Proposals should be organized as follows:
- Title (80 characters max)
- Name and contact information
- Preferred Duration and Requested Stipend Amount - based on a 9-month salary at home institution
- Project Summary (250 words max) - appropriate for public distribution on the NESCent web site
- Introduction and Goals - What important evolutionary problem is being addressed?
- Proposed Activities - What specific data and analytical tools will be used? How will synthesis occur?
- Rationale for NESCent Support - Why can this activity be most effectively conducted at NESCent?
- Proposed Timetable - include start date month and year
- Anticipated Results - include anticipated papers, data and software products, and anticipated public release of data and products
- Short CV of the applicant (2 pages). Do not include talks, society memberships, nor papers in preparation.
APPLICATION AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Proposals will be accepted in digital format only as a pdf file. Graphics should be embedded directly into the proposal document. Note that proposals should be submitted as a single pdf file including all of the components listed above (items 1-10). There are several software products for converting common file formats to pdf, e.g., CutePDF™.
Applications are submitted electronically. Please login first if you have already created a profile.