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Navigating the granting jungle (NIH, NSF, and personal) Tandy Warnow Professor of Computer Science

Navigating the granting jungle (NIH, NSF, and personal) Tandy Warnow Professor of Computer Science University of Texas at Austin NSF Program Director for BIGDATA Chair of NIH study section (2010 -2012)

NSF/NIH - BIGDATA • Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science &

NSF/NIH - BIGDATA • Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering, NSF 12 -499 • Mid-scale up to $1, 000 per year, over 5 years • Small up to $250/year for up to 3 years This is part of a larger initiative at NSF about big data!

BIGDATA • “BIGDATA…aims to advance core scientific and technological means of managing, analyzing, visualizing,

BIGDATA • “BIGDATA…aims to advance core scientific and technological means of managing, analyzing, visualizing, and extracting useful information from large, diverse, distributed and heterogeneous data sets”

Focus on novel methods • Data collection and management • Data analytics • E-science

Focus on novel methods • Data collection and management • Data analytics • E-science collaboration environments Think broadly about techniques: statistics, combinatorial optimization, ontologies, mathematical modeling, database technologies, etc. Think broadly about application areas

Review process Proposal reviews done at NSF Panelists from both NSF and NIH research

Review process Proposal reviews done at NSF Panelists from both NSF and NIH research communities NSF Review criteria (and NIH also for those proposals that are relevant to NIH) NSF produces scores NSF and NIH then consider what to fund Research must be highly innovative

NIH - BDMA � Speaking as a private citizen • Until June 2012, I

NIH - BDMA � Speaking as a private citizen • Until June 2012, I was the Chair of the BDMA (Bio Data Management and Analysis) study section at NIH • BDMA focuses on computational biology and bioinformatics • BDMA is a great study section!

Speaking as a private citizen • Both NSF and NIH will fund basic science.

Speaking as a private citizen • Both NSF and NIH will fund basic science. • Serving on panels helps you learn what it takes to get funded. • Serving on panels can also broaden you intellectually and scientifically. • Panel service can even be good for your personal life!

Contact me • BIGDATA is expected to continue • Consider preparing a proposal for

Contact me • BIGDATA is expected to continue • Consider preparing a proposal for the next round • Consider volunteering to be on a panel for BIGDATA Contact me if you want more info twarnow@nsf. gov