Acabo de encontrar esta tesis que contiene un estudio sobre este programa de becas y contiene consejos de que hacer y que no hacer al solicitar. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/923/ Entre los consejos de que SI hacer: • proposing research that moves in creative, innovative directions • emphasizing a sufficiently detailed education and overall project plan • including meaningful engagement with underrepresented groups • developing integrated education activities that go beyond the conventional, the expected, and the pedestrian • aligning one’s research with collaborators as appropriate • formatting document design deliberately with rhetorical intent to help navigate, emphasize, highlight, etc. • using graphics judiciously and with attention to good design (i.e., anticipating and accommodating readers’ needs) • avoiding leaving assumptions about the project plan up to reviewers conclusions Entre los consejos de que NO hacer: • Not representing the literature in the field or not framing the project within the field. (This includes either not being familiar with what’s happening or being discussed in the field or simply disregarding it. A common indicator of this gap in representation is over citing oneself.) • Not having a clear plan to accomplish the stated objective or having a plan that lacks adequate detail • Assuming that the reviewers will understand the technical areas or that they will be more than generally familiar with the topic • No clear objective statement or objective buried later in the document (i.e., not putting the whammy up front) • Not being concept or hypothesis driven • Too many directions, experiments, aims, or methods and/or no synthesis or unifying theme (e.g., in a CAREER proposal) • Too small an idea or myopic theme (e.g., in a CAREER proposal) • Poor matching of the budget to the project activities • Not paying attention to requirements outlined in both the GPG and in solicitations.