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Writing Successful Career ProposalsMy ExperienceSule OzevArizona State UniversityIntroductionThe following information I will present is based onMy own beliefs on how science moves forwardMy own experience with the CAREER programOne reject, one acceptFeedback I received in both casesHelping others write CAREER proposalsMy observations during the CAREER panels I have servedThey do not necessarily represent the position of NSF or its employeesCAREER ProgramSuccessful Proposals are generally based on this formula:VisionaryHigh impactPotential to jumpstart a successful career in the proposed area of researchConcrete career planFocus on integrating research and educationComponents of a CAREER ProposalCAREER proposals are longer-term because they are intended to jump-start a successful academic careerResearch planProblem statementPrior workNovel approach proposedExperimental planPreliminary analysis of feasibility and potential impactCareer development planA clear path indicating how the PI’s career will move forward based on the results of the proposed workIntegrated education planCAREER proposals need to have a more concrete education planProblem StatementVisionary, high impact problemDo not strive for incremental improvements on a well-known problemExtensions of existing Ph.D. work rarely get attentionHowever background and expertise in the proposed area are requiredExamplesApplication of the expertise obtained during Ph.D. studies to a novel problemIdeas that will potentially generate a paradigm shift in a given domainMy ExperiencePh.D. in mixed-signal/RF circuit testing using high-level modelsNoticed a glaring lack of statistical analysis techniques to fuse process variations with defect modelsIn an effort to be broad, wrote my proposal on the more generic problem of process variation analysis for analog circuitsSubmitted to CCFGot rejectedReviews indicated that my strength was my expertise in fault models and test, so I needed to use thatMy mistake: confusing “visio