Write Your CAREER: Spring 2026 Enrollment
*see below for Equity Rate details
Write Your CAREER is a small-group NSF CAREER coaching program for early-career faculty. Write your CAREER proposal with confidence. Spring 2026 cohort now open! In eight structured sessions, you’ll move from research vision to a full draft proposal — and still have time before the July NSF deadline for revisions.
If you’ve been worried about:
- not having prior funding,
- whether your idea is “innovative enough,”
- missing a critical requirement, or
- working without strong institutional support,
…this program was designed with you in mind. Seats are limited and the program is already half full — enroll now to secure your spot!
🧠Just announced! The CAREER Concept Intensive — a focused starting point to develop, refine, and pressure-test your idea…
📢 Stay tuned for details and sign-ups for periodic future live info session webinars…
What You’ll Get
- Step-by-step structure so you never feel lost
- Guidance to make your proposal stand out
- Feedback from peers and me
- Accountability from a supportive cohort
- Optional 1:1 add-on coaching support
Schedule & Dates
Over 16 weeks, we will meet every other week (2 hours each), starting in March 2026. Exact dates and times will be finalized based on enrollees’ availability.
Key Dates:
- Oct 1, 2025 → Enrollment is open!
- Dec 15, 2025 → Early bird discount ends
- Dec 16 – Jan 5 → CAREER Concept Intensive + Early Bird program bundle available
- Feb 28, 2026 → Enrollment closes
- ~Mar 1, 2026 → Program begins
- Late June 2026 → Program ends (with nearly a month left for revisions before the July NSF deadline)
Who It’s For
This program is tailored for:
- First-time applicants preparing their CAREER proposal
- Pre-tenure faculty in computer science or related CISE fields
- Interdisciplinary scholars whose work connects to CISE
- Returning applicants regrouping after a prior submission
Topics We Will Cover
Here is the program schedule, Module by Module (every other week):
- Kickoff and CAREER Demystified – make introductions, build trust, brainstorm from projects to proposal
- Defining Your Research Contribution – identify the pillars of your research area → to specific aims/objectives
- Designing the Research Plan – translate aims to a 5-year plan at the right level of detail
- Education and Mentoring Plan – develop this thread to complement the research thread and impress reviewers
- Broader Impacts, Cohesion, and Partnerships – integrate research and education threads and identify partners
- Budget and Justification Basics – outline budget needs in each category and justify the requests
- Supplemental Documents and Submission Logistics – review all required supplements and submission checklist
- Reviewer Perspective and Wrap-Up – peer and expert review to finalize 1-page summary
By the end of the program, you will have (a) a fully bulleted or drafted proposal with material in every section, and (b) a solid 1-page summary to further build up your proposal.
👉 Have you already submitted proposals to NSF? Focus the last few weeks polishing your text if you’ve got the administrivia down.
Testimonial
“Dr. Anthony…helped…me…shape my ideas…” into a successful CAREER proposal. “I’m happy that she is now offering these services for others.”
— Dr. Kyla McMullen, University of Florida, Dept of CISE
Key Policies to Know
Here are the essentials you need to know before enrolling. For full details, please see our Policies & FAQ page.
- Payment & Enrollment: Processed securely via Stripe. Enrollments are non-refundable due to small-group design.
- Equity Rate: 25% discount for faculty at HBCUs, HSIs, R2s, EPSCoR states, PUIs, and/or under-resourced institutions. 👉 See full page for eligibility info.
- Attendance: Live sessions every other week via Zoom; recordings provided if you can’t attend.
- Confidentiality: Drafts, feedback, and details stay within the cohort; recordings are for participant use only.
- Respect & Inclusion: Practice professional, kind communication; respect boundaries and peers’ self-identification.
NSF CAREER Coaching — Ready to Enroll?
Seats are limited — enroll early to secure your spot!
*see above for Equity Rate details
I’m looking forward to working with you!
Want to enroll in both Write Your CAREER and the CAREER Concept Intensive?
Just submit a payment on both this page and the Intensive page, OR email me to get a combined payment link.
Not quite ready?
You can still join the interest list to hear more and decide later. PLUS get a free PDF copy of my funded proposal!
— *Lisa
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