Difference between revisions of "NSF Reviewer 2014"
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=To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts?= | =To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts?= | ||
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=Is the plan for carrying out the proposed activities well-reasoned, well-organized, and based on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success?= | =Is the plan for carrying out the proposed activities well-reasoned, well-organized, and based on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success?= | ||
=How well qualified is the individual, team, or institution to conduct the proposed activities?= | =How well qualified is the individual, team, or institution to conduct the proposed activities?= | ||
=Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home institution or through collaborations) to carry out the proposed activities?= | =Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home institution or through collaborations) to carry out the proposed activities?= | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 9 February 2014
What is the potential for the proposed activity to
advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields (Intellectual Merit); and
benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
This is the weakest part of the proposal. The authors describe impacts which a narrowly focused on their specific subfield within nuclear physics. Either they do not take this requirement seriously or they are unable to find impacts that go beyond their sub-discipline.
To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts?
The main thrust of the proposal is a measurement of the d/u quark distribution ration. The authors did not compare the expected precision of their measurements to many available fits/predictions at large x. The lack of this comparison left the question of the impact of their work un-answered.