Submit a Paper and Highlight
All CMMI grantees are requested to submit a technical paper and highlight for the conference proceedings. Technical papers and highlights will be submitted through an online system, which you can access using the link at the bottom of this page. All papers and highlights must be submitted by November 1, 2010.
TECHNICAL PAPER INFORMATION
Technical papers must be submitted in Adobe PDF format.
- Download the template for the technical paper (PDF document) (Rich Text File).
HIGHLIGHT INFORMATION
NSF program officers are asked each year to provide a sampling of research highlights derived from research that they have funded. It is therefore important that PIs provide these highlights to their Program Officers.
Submission of highlights is one way that PIs can gain credit and notoriety for the research they perform. Highlights are posted on the NSF Web site and submitted to Congress as examples of the work NSF supports.
FORMAT FOR NSF HIGHLIGHTS
To be useful, highlights must be submitted in a format that provides both clarity and detail; and they must be in a language that is grammatically correct and can be understood at the high school level. In preparation of highlights, please take time to carefully select words. Sloppily prepared materials cannot be used.
The format for highlights allows for detailed descriptions, and need not fit on a single PowerPoint slide. Brevity is still important, but clarity and detail are also emphasized. Since deviations from the needed format may render the highlight unusable, you will be asked to input the following information and the system will auto-generate your highlight for you. For your own ease, please prepare the following information before logging into the online submission system:
- Grant Number(s)
- Grant Title
- Principal Investigator Name
- Institution(s)
- Statement of Significant Result(s) and Explanation*
- Statement of Intellectual Merit*
- Broader Impact of the Result(s)*
* Indicates that these fields have a 1500 character limit.
Style Guidelines for Highlights
- Provide sufficient information to describe the research and the results.
- Instead of starting with a lengthy explanation of the problem to be solved, start with a statement of what the research team has achieved, and only then go on to explain why it solves a problem or overcomes an obstacle. Example: “Prof. Blivett and her team at the University of Eutaw have discovered or achieved or developed XYZ. This was remarkable or useful or world-changing because … or, this seminal development could lead to practical applications in the field of …”
- Include the location and/or lead institution for the research and the names of all principal investigators.
- Because these highlights may be used for various purposes, it would be helpful to include an explicit statement that NSF is supporting this work (this can usually be done very quickly in passing, e.g., "NSF-funded researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated …", or "Astronomers working at NSF’s Gemini Observatory have discovered…")
- Spell out NSF program names, (e.g. not everyone knows what IGERT is) and acronyms. Spell out "The Center for Advanced Blivitivity" on the first mention, and thereafter refer to "the center," or "the blivitivity center."
- It is not necessary to spell out NSF. Anyone reading these highlights will know what that means. Please note: it’s just "NSF," not "the NSF."
- Some grammar style preferences: Use serial commas – e.g., apples, oranges, and pears. Also use the “2 spaces following a period” rule.
Image Guidelines
- Resolution should be 72 dpi or higher.
- Files must be in jpeg format.
- File name cannot contain spaces or punctuation other than dashes (-) or underscores (_).
- File names must be 25 characters or less.
- Images must be the size you want them to appear. Recommended maximum width and height are 240 pixels.
- Images should be for a general audience.
Submit a paper and highlight here.