The National Science Foundation (NSF), which is often the source of this funding, considers proposed projects based on the criteria of "Intellectual Merit" and "Broader Impacts." However, these merit review criteria have been criticized as being insufficiently specific and not appropriate for all ...
Here is roughly how I think I devoted my essays towards each criteria: Personal Statement: Intellectual Merit 50%, Broader Impacts 50% Previous Research: Intellectual Merit 90%, Broader Impacts 10% Research Proposal: Intellectual Merit 75%, Broader Impacts 25% So for me, it was definitely tough...
Software vulnerabilities pose a major threat to the safety and security of computer systems, and while there is a large body of research on how to find vulnerabilities in programs, the large, empirically tested corpora of vulnerabilities required to rigorously test that research are...
the outreach section, and on how well the proposal is written (does it flow, are the non-technical arguments convincing). I have seen a proposal that was very well-written, but somewhat slim on technical merit, get funded because the three reviewers were not knowledgeable in the area. And...
NationalScienceBoard(NSB)report,NationalScienceFoundation'sMeritReviewCriteria:ReviewandRevisions.Whilethetwo meritreviewcriteriaremainunchanged(IntellectualMeritandBroaderImpacts),guidancehasbeenprovidedtoclarifyandimprove thefunctionofthecriteria.Changeswillaffecttheprojectsummaryandprojectdescriptionsectionsofproposals.Annua...
Since 1997, the NSF's proposal review process has had two major criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. Centers such as the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) view the NSF broader-impacts criterion as an opportunity to develop capacity for effectively...
The new NSF policy, announced on 7 June, means that reviewers meeting this month to evaluate roughly 200 proposals in political science will still use the agency's two long-standing criteria-intellectual merit and broader impacts. However, those proposals will receive a second review by another ...
5) The NSF proposal review process includes Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts Criteria, through which faculty must address areas of national need.Hallinen, Judith RDissertations & Theses - GradworksHallinen JR. The many quiet tensions: Perceptions of the broader impacts criterion held by NSF ...