Total Time 1hr 15 minutes # Review from Last Week (25 mins 10:20-10:45) - Everybody go around the room with Heilmeier questions. - Go up to Podium # Goals and Outcomes Presentation (35 mins 10:45-11:20) - This is the first section of your proposal[^1] - This will be the first thing that people read, so honestly its one of the most crucial sections of your proposal - It's the tablesetting for the rest of what you're going to talk about too. If you write something in your G&O, you better talk about it later - Tell em what you're gonna tell em, tell em, tell em what you told em - So what goes into a G&O section? - First Paragraph(s) - First sentence - RESEARCH GOAL!!!! - The first sentence you write is critically important and should explicitly say what you're going to do, no bs - 'The goal of this research is to ...' - *Explain what you're trying to do, using absolutely no jargon* - One to three sentences. Be concrete. You should be clear in the goal, specific enough to seem feasible, but not too too narrow. - Rest of paragraph based writing - Briefly cover other sections. How will you get to your goal, what will be done, and who will care? - This is basically an ad for your researcher. The reviewer of your proposal wants to know, if this project is approved and funded, what are they going to get. - What are they buying? - What is the product of your effort? - What will you achieve? ## Outcomes Based Approach (ME) -" If we are successful, we will able to do the following:" - 3-5 clear and concise **capabilities**. - What is a capability? It's what we'll be able to DO after the research is successful, that we cannot do now. # Open Questions / Chit Chat (11:20 - 11:30) [^1]: Well technically it's preceded by your summary but whatever