Call for Highlights
Date: January
23,
2008
Subject: Call
for
Highlights
Dear
Colleague,
The
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
Division
of
Chemistry’s
highest
priority
is
to
provide
support
for
research
and
education
activities
in
the
chemical
sciences. To
help
us
communicate
the
excitement,
importance,
and
value
of
achievements
derived
from
your
NSF-supported
project,
we
would
like
to
request
from
you
a “highlight.” Highlights
are
essential
to
advancing
the
Division's
mission
in
the
following
ways:
- Communicating
the
value
of
chemistry
research
advances
and
innovations
to
the
public
and
Congress.
- Illustrating
to
the
public,
industry,
and
science
and
technology
mission
agencies
the
Division
of
Chemistry’s
vision,
mission,
and
research
and
educational
activities.
- Justifying
our
budget
request
at
the
Directorate,
Foundation,
and
Federal
levels.
- Providing
evidence
of
NSF
performance
in
response
to
the
Government
Performance
and
Results
Act.
In
addition
to
receiving
information
about
your
research
accomplishments,
we
would
also
like
to
learn
about
the
broader
impacts
of
your
award,
especially:
- The
impact
of
the
research
on
other
fields
of
science
or
subdisciplines
of
chemistry.
- How
the
project
resulted
in
broader
participation
in
science
by
underrepresented
groups.
- Outreach
efforts
that
generated
student
interest
in
science
and
increased
understanding
of
science
by
the
public.
- Projects
that
have
resulted
in
innovation
supporting
economic
growth,
including
patents
or
startup
companies.
- Advances
in
chemical
education
resulting
from
the
project.
Because
of
the
diverse
uses
for
highlights,
we
ask
that
you
consider
the
various
audiences
and
provide
text
understandable
to
a
general
science
audience
(no
jargon)
and
compelling
graphics. Consider
incorporating
animations,
audio
and
video
clips. The
Division
of
Chemistry
has
created
guidelines
titled “Best
Practices
for
Writing
and
Formatting
Highlights.” The
guidelines
and
highlight
examples
are
available
at http://www.nsf.gov/mps/che/highlights. We
ask
that
the
highlight
include both research
results
and
broader
impacts.
Recently,
the
NSF
Office
of
Legislative
and
Public
Affairs
(OLPA)
held
a
meeting
with
Public
Information
Officers
(PIOs)
from
awardee
institutions. There
is
an
opportunity
for
synergy
among
CHE
Principal
Investigators,
PIOs
and
OLPA
in
communicating
chemistry,
and
we
urge
you
to copy
your
institution’s
Public
Information
Officer
when
submitting
a
highlight. The
PIOs
expressed
the
desire
to
become
involved
by
facilitating
the
translation
of
more
technical
highlights
into
highlights
for
the
general
public
and
Congress. These
efforts
would
be
of
immense
value
to
the
NSF
and
to
chemistry.
Highlights
submitted
by
February
11,
2008,
will
be
most
useful
for
our
annual
report. Please
email
them
to chemhighlights@nsf.gov. Principal
Investigators
are
asked
to
complete
the
Multimedia
Permission
and
Use
of
Copyrighted
Material
Form
including
the
title
of
their
highlight. The
permission
form
is
available
at http://www.nsf.gov/mps/che/nuggets/form1515.doc. Email
the
completed
form
to chemhighlights@nsf.gov. You
may
also
submit
a
highlight
at
any
time
throughout
the
year
to
your
Program
Officer,
if
there
has
been
a
significant
advance
related
to
the
intellectual
merit
or
broader
impacts
of
the
project.
PRESS RELEASES
If
you
are
publishing
a
paper
with
science
news
of
interest
to
the
public,
planning
a
news
release
that
involves
work
supported
by
NSF,
or
making
a
major
presentation
of
your
research,
please
notify
your
Program
Officer
and
your
institution’s
Public
Information
Officer
well
in
advance
of
the
event
for
possible
inclusion
as
an
NSF
press
release. If
a
journal
has
embargo
policies
related
to
publicity
on
forthcoming
articles,
we
will
work
with
all
participants
involved
to
ensure
compliance
with
journal
policies. Additional
information
regarding
public
affairs
support
is
available
at http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/special_notice_pio.jsp.
Please
be
reminded
that
you
are
responsible
for
assuring
that
an
acknowledgment
of
NSF
support
is
made
in
any
publication,
including
World
Wide
Web
pages,
of
any
material
based
on
or
developed
under
your
NSF
project. Acknowledgment
information
must
include
the
NSF
grant
number. NSF
should
be
orally
acknowledged
during
all
news
media
interviews,
including
popular
media
such
as
radio,
television
and
news
magazines. Additional
information
is
available
in
Article
20,
Publications,
of
the
General
Grant
Conditions, http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gc160107.
If
you
have
questions
regarding
highlights,
press
releases
or
acknowledgment
of
NSF
support,
please
contact
the
Division
of
Chemistry
at
(703)
292 – 8840. We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
the
very
important
job
of
communicating
the
value
of
chemical
research
to
our
various
mutual
stakeholders.
Sincerely,
Dr.
Luis
Echegoyen,
Director
Division
of
Chemistry
National
Science
Foundation
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