Dear LA-SiGMA colleagues,<br>The form that should accompany each hightlight is appended below. Please be sure to also send these to <br><br>"Project Coordinator Shelley Lee" <<a href="mailto:sjlee@cct.lsu.edu">sjlee@cct.lsu.edu</a>>, <br>
<br>in addition to Mike K.<br><br>best,<br>Mark<br><br>Hi folks,<div> If you have not submitted a highlight and the accompanying NSF form, please see Mike's note below.</div><div>rwh</div><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jessica Domingue</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jessica.Domingue@regents.la.gov">Jessica.Domingue@regents.la.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM<br>
Subject: [LA-SiGMA-pet] FW: NSF Highlights<br>To: "<a href="mailto:lasigma-pet@loni.org">lasigma-pet@loni.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lasigma-pet@loni.org">lasigma-pet@loni.org</a>><br>Cc: Michael Khonsari <<a href="mailto:Michael.Khonsari@regents.la.gov">Michael.Khonsari@regents.la.gov</a>>, Jim Gershey <<a href="mailto:Jim.Gershey@regents.la.gov">Jim.Gershey@regents.la.gov</a>>, Susan Jernigan <<a href="mailto:Susan.Jernigan@regents.la.gov">Susan.Jernigan@regents.la.gov</a>><br>
<br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Jim Gershey <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jessica Domingue<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: NSF Highlights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jessica</span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Moore, Jacqueline S. [mailto:<a href="mailto:jsmoore@nsf.gov" target="_blank">jsmoore@nsf.gov</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> projadm<br><b>Subject:</b> NSF Highlights</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">********This message is being sent on behalf of the NSF EPSCoR Program Staff********</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In terms of subject matter:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Any highlighted project should have been majority-funded by the award</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b) High lights should have taken place during the most recent reporting period</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Holding a meeting does not usually justify a highlight</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Highlights must be stand-alone stories, assume that the reader has no background in your project</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Receiving an award, or funding for travel, or having a prestigious journal accept an article is generally not a highlight. The <b>science</b> that was the reason for the award, travel, or article almost always is.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In terms of content, a<a name="12f92bb5effbf5c0__GoBack"></a> good highlight has 7 pieces:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A Suggested Title (at most 20 words)</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: Rocks Indicate That Antarctica was Connected to North America</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<span><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">A main outcome or accomplishment?</span></b><b><span> </span></b><span>(1-2 short sentences describing it and why it is transformative; 50 word max.)</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span>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.</span></i><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span>Impact (1-2 simple sentences describing the benefits for science, industry, society, the economy, national security, etc; 50 word max)</span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span>Example: Determining the past configuration of the continents can serve many purposes, including modeling past climates, understanding evolution, and helping to locate natural resources.</span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span><span>4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Explanation/background does the lay reader need to understand the significance of this outcome</span></b><b><span> (</span></b><span>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)</span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span>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.</span></i><i><span><br>
<br><i><span>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.</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>5)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;">An image that can be understood by lay-people, with accompanying release form </span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-style: normal;"> </span></i></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>6)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;">A </span></i><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">suggested caption/description for the image</span></b><span> (25 word max.)<i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span>Example: Researchers collect rock samples in the TransAntarctic Mountains.</span></i><span> </span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span><span>7)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">The credit that should accompany the image</span></b><span> (usually the owner or copyright holder; can be individuals and/or their institutions)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span>Example: John Goodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth; multiple credits can be entered here</span></i><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Please see the attached high-level guidance from OLPA, and set of example highlights to consider as you write yours up. Thanks very much</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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