[LA-SiGMA-funded] Fwd: [LA-SiGMA-pet] FW: NSF Highlights

Tue May 10 10:04:41 CDT 2011

Dear LA-SiGMA colleagues,
The form that should accompany each hightlight is appended below.  Please be
sure to also send these to

"Project Coordinator Shelley Lee" <sjlee at cct.lsu.edu>,

in addition to Mike K.

best,
Mark

Hi folks,
  If you have not submitted a highlight and the accompanying NSF form,
please see Mike's note below.
rwh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jessica Domingue <Jessica.Domingue at regents.la.gov>
Date: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Subject: [LA-SiGMA-pet] FW: NSF Highlights
To: "lasigma-pet at loni.org" <lasigma-pet at loni.org>
Cc: Michael Khonsari <Michael.Khonsari at regents.la.gov>, Jim Gershey <
Jim.Gershey at regents.la.gov>, Susan Jernigan <Susan.Jernigan at regents.la.gov>

*From:* Jim Gershey
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:48 AM
*To:* Jessica Domingue
*Subject:* FW: NSF Highlights

Here is the separate e-mail mentioned in the previous correspondence with
regards to the NSF highlights.  Please let me know if you have any
questions.

Jessica

*From:* Moore, Jacqueline S. [mailto:jsmoore at nsf.gov]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:05 AM
*To:* projadm
*Subject:* NSF Highlights

*********This message is being sent on behalf of the NSF EPSCoR Program
Staff*********

Hello,

  We’re in Annual Report season again, and wanted to remind everyone that an
important facet of the annual reports is submission of several highlights
featuring the research and broader impacts of the project.

In terms of subject matter:

a) Any highlighted project should have been majority-funded by the award

b) High lights should have taken place during the most recent reporting
period

c) Holding a meeting does not usually justify a highlight

d) Highlights must be stand-alone stories, assume that the reader has no
background in your project

e) Receiving an award, or funding for travel, or having a prestigious
journal accept an article is generally not a highlight. The *science* that
was the reason for the award, travel, or article almost always is.

In terms of content, a good highlight has 7 pieces:

1)    A Suggested Title  (at most 20 words)

*Example: Rocks Indicate That Antarctica was Connected to North America*

2)    *A main outcome or accomplishment?** *(1-2 short sentences describing
it and why it is transformative; 50 word max.)

*Example: A team of scientists has shown that a rock from Antarctica is
identical to a band of rocks in western North America, implying that the two
continents were once adjacent to one another.*

3)      Impact (1-2 simple sentences describing the benefits for science,
industry, society, the economy, national security, etc; 50 word max)

*Example: Determining the past configuration of the continents can serve
many purposes, including modeling past climates, understanding evolution,
and helping to locate natural resources.***

4)      *Explanation/background does the lay reader need to understand the
significance of this outcome** (*1-2 paragraphs that might include, for
example, more on who, when, where; NSF's role; support from multiple
directorates/offices; what makes this accomplishment unique; additional
intellectual merits; or broader impacts such as education, outreach, or
infrastructure improvement that are integral to this outcome; 150 word max.
suggested)

*Example: We currently have a good understanding of the last amalgamation of
continents called Pangea, which existed from 545 to 180 million years ago
and allowed land-dwelling organisms to proliferate across the globe.
However, we have poor information on the previous
amalgamation--Rodinia--which formed about 1.3 billion years ago. Determining
Rodinia's characteristics are key to understanding the origins of complex
life on Earth, as well as understanding the snowball Earth period, when the
entire globe froze over.**

The rock study, conducted by a multi-university team, supports the
juxtaposition of East Antarctica with western Laurentia at that time.
Laurentia is the continent that, at the time, included the landmasses now
known as North America and Greenland. Previously, scientists had suggested
that China or Siberia had been adjacent to this coast.***

*5)    **An image that can be understood by lay-people, with accompanying
release form *

* *

*6)    **A **suggested caption/description for the image* (25 word max.)**

*Example: Researchers collect rock samples in the TransAntarctic Mountains.*

7)    *The  credit that should accompany the image* (usually the owner or
copyright holder; can be individuals and/or their institutions)

*Example: John Goodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth; multiple credits can
be entered here*

Please see the attached high-level guidance from OLPA, and set of example
highlights to consider as you write yours up. Thanks very much

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