This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals. The book discusses aspects of the proposal submission and review process that are not typically communicated to the research community. Written by authors with successful track records in grant writing and years of experience as NSF Program Directors, this book provides an insider’s view of successful grantsmanship. Written in a practical approach, this book offers tips that will not be found in official paperwork and provides answers to questions frequently asked of NSF Program Directors. The purpose of the book is to improve your NSF grant-writing skills and improve your chances of funding.
Author Biography:
Ping Li is Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, andInformation Sciences and Technology, Co-Chair of the NeuroscienceGraduate Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Brain,Behavior, and Cognition at Pennsylvania State University. His booksinclude The Acquisition of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect(co-authored with Yasuhiro Shirai, 2000, Mouton de Gruyter), TheHandbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (three volumesco-edited with colleagues, 2006, Cambridge University Press),The Expression of Time (co-edited with W. Klein, 2009,Mouton de Gruyter), and The Psycholinguistics ofBilingualism (co-authored with Francois Grosjean and otherguest contributors, 2012, Wiley). He is Editor of the journalBilingualism: Language and Cognition, Associate Editor ofFrontiers in Language Science, and President of theSociety for Computers in Psychology. He has served asProgram Director for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program andthe Program in Perception, Action, and Cognition at theNational Science Foundation, as well as principal investigator,co-investigator, or consultant for many projects funded by theNSF. Karen Marrongelle is Assistant Vice Chancellor forAcademic Standards and Collaborations at the Oregon UniversitySystem and Professor in the Fariborz Maseeh Department ofMathematics & Statistics at Portland State University. She haspublished numerous articles and reports in the area ofundergraduate mathematics education research and mathematicsprofessional development. She has served as Program Director in theDivision of Research on Learning in Formal and InformalSettings at the National Science Foundation, as well as aprincipal investigator, co-investigator, or consultant for manyprojects funded by the NSF.
