Insights into the NSF CAREER Application Process

Delve into the experiences of M. Ehsan Hoque, an Assistant Professor specializing in the intersection of AI and HCI, as he shares his journey applying for the NSF CAREER grant. Learn about his submission history, grant writing experiences, successful and unsuccessful cases, grant reviews, and samples of other CAREER awardees. Gain valuable tips on crafting a strong education component and discover key factors in creating a compelling CAREER proposal.

• NSF CAREER
• Grant Writing
• AI
• HCI
• Education Component

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1. NSF CISE CAREER WORKSHOP 2019 M. Ehsan Hoque Assistant Professor Rochester Human-Computer Interaction Group (ROC HCI) University of Rochester Twitter: @ehsan_hoque M. Ehsan Hoque

2. My Background Affiliation: Assistant Professor of computer science at the University of Rochester Interim Director of Goergen Institute for Data Science Ph.D. from MIT in 2013 Research: Work in the intersection between AI and HCI Publish in UbiComp, IUI, FG, AAAI Reviewing experience: Served on five NSF panels so far Regular reviewer of ARO proposals M. Ehsan Hoque

3. How many times did I apply for CAREER? 1 2 3 M. Ehsan Hoque

4. How many times did I apply for CAREER? 1 2 3 M. Ehsan Hoque

5. Experience in grant writing Applied to NSF CRII 2014 CHS, granted Applied for NSF CAREER in 2015 CHS and RI, denied Re-applied for NSF CAREER in 2017 CHS, granted Current active grants DARPA ARO NIH Google M. Ehsan Hoque

6. NSF CAREER Reviews Successful Unsuccessful R1: Excellent R2: Good R3: Good R1: Very good R2: Very good R3: Good Proposal 2 Proposal 1 M. Ehsan Hoque

7. Unsuccessful case Super ambitious and vague One and half page of generic education plan Successful case Ambitious with exact steps and early results 4 page of unique education plan M. Ehsan Hoque

8. Samples of other CAREER awardees Bilge Mutlu (2011) Jeff Bigham (2012) Tanzeem Choudhury (2009) Shwetak Patel (2013) Crowdsourcing and accessibility Sustainability sensing Behavior modeling Human-robot interaction M. Ehsan Hoque

9. Education component You can t write it in a day or two Needs several weeks What s an excellent education component? The component is unique to you M. Ehsan Hoque

10. How do I write a proposal? Put myself on the shoes of a reviewer Spend half of my time on the summary Consistency in budget, data management plan, letter of support Use accessible language and avoid technical jargons M. Ehsan Hoque

11. Interaction w/ Program Director CRII 2015 CAREER 2015 CAREER 2017 M. Ehsan Hoque

12. Mentorship Sue Fussel Henry Kautz Michael Scott Len Schubert SIG CHI SIG DIAL AAAI SIG ARCH M. Ehsan Hoque