# Dates
## **January 17th**
**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
## **January 24th**
-  Likely 1st meeting After Topic Approval
**Goals and Outcomes / Hypothesis**
## **January 31st**
**What does it mean to define the state of the art?**
- Limitations
- What is the frontier?
## **February 7th**
**Check-in meeting**
- How's everyone doing?
- Where's everyone at?
- Lightning Pitches?
## **February 14th**
**Research Approach**
- Proving feasibility
- Other similar results, why will your idea work?
- Preliminary results?
## **February 21st**
**Metrics of Success, Risks and Contingencies**
## **March 7th**
**Broader Impacts, and Organization**
## **March 14th**
**Paper Reviews with Peers**
## **March 21st**
**More Paper Reviews with Peers**
## **March 28th**
**Presentations - What makes a successful presentation?**
- Assertion Evidence Methods
- What normal people do instead
- Preparing for questions
- Likely Written Deadline
## **April 4th**
**Presentation Peer Review**
## April 11th
**Presentation Peer Review**
- Likely Presentations start next week