# Purpose
**What is a proposal?**
High level overview of what a proposal does and what you need to do.
- Go over the rules
- Introduce Zotero / LaTeX?
- Talk about example proposals
- How long should proposals be? what are the sections?

# Learning Plan
## You're doing okay!
- This is going to be a gauntlet 
- Make sure you're really setting time aside for this. 
- It is not a good idea to let stuff slip. 
- We're going to do a pretty fast cadence here. We suggest you write the section that we're going to talk about this week before we get here. This isn't always going to be possible, and not like final draft level is expected, but if you keep up with this group, you will be well on your way 
- Come even if you haven't gotten it done. Don't feel guilty if you're behind, it happens. 
- If you set aside the time each week to do this, you will be okay
## Let's talk about rules
- MSE, it's pretty much the wild west. You can talk to anyone without concern.
- ME, not so much. You are 'not allowed to solicit technical help'. this is fuzzy.  We're working on it. Either way, Gleeson has told us that this group is one that gets 'special consideration'. 
- Nobody is allowed to write your proposal at all. All the ideas and language must be your own.
- That said, we can review each other's work, provide grammatical and structural guidance, and tell you if something seems fishy.
## Example Proposals
- You've likely been sent out some proposals. Let's talk about em
- Sections you'll have
	- Goals and Outcomes
	- State of the Art (Literature Review)
	- Research Approach
	- Research Tasks 
	- Broader Impact
	- Metrics of Success
	- Risks and Contingencies
	- Timeline (Optional)
	- Budget (Optional)
- We're going to talk about each of these in depth each week, but here's some key ideas to help you think about each section
	- Introduce Heilmeier questions
- Page lengths
	- Each section is going to take up different amounts of space. Here's a rough guidelines on how long each section should be about. Mess with these however you want, and your advisor may have different feelings, but here's a start
		- GO - 1-1 1/2 Page
		- SOTA - 2 Pages
		- RA - 4-5 Pages, this is your meat!
		- Research Tasks 1/2 page
		- BI 1/2 page
		- MOS 1/2 page
		- R&C 1/2 page
	- Total: 10 pages!

## Questions and Answers from Audience
Let's discuss. How's everyone feeling, where are you with your topic, what questions can we answer for you?

# Goal for Next Week
Get started. Write something!
Briefly talk about what the goals and outcomes are