Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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As I prepare my NSF CAREER proposal, I take a look back at some of my failures and successes with NSF awards. I am doing my best to learn from the critical responses that I have received from previous reviews to help improve what I am doing now.

The CAREER award is a bit more higher profile of an award than what I have previously achieved at the NSF, so I want to put my best foot forward.

I have an award at the program I am submitting to, and so that gives me a good idea of how it will be received (provided I can sufficiently demonstrate that this is different than what is currently funded). But man... some reviewers are brutal in their reviews, which I cover in the video.

Music:
Come 2gether by Ooyy
Our Skies by Cacti
Our Last Stand by FormantiX
Wrong by Dan Henig
Guardians + Tex by Craig Hardgrove