"How not to write an NSF proposal" poster: does any one know where to find it online? - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-22T05:37:44Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/20331 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/20331/how-not-to-write-an-nsf-proposal-poster-does-any-one-know-where-to-find-it-onl "How not to write an NSF proposal" poster: does any one know where to find it online? Ben Webster 2010-04-04T21:50:54Z 2010-09-11T02:22:16Z <p>When I was recently at MSRI, they had a big poster of humorous advice on how to get an NSF proposal rejected (for example: "Definitely don't worry about sending it to an appropriate program officer. Surely it will find its way to the right person eventually."). I thought it was a very good summation of how to write a proposal. But I just tried to find it on Google, and failed (probably because I'm not remembering what the real title was).</p> <blockquote> <p>Does anyone know where this list is available online?</p> </blockquote> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/20331/how-not-to-write-an-nsf-proposal-poster-does-any-one-know-where-to-find-it-onl/33722#33722 Answer by Larry Rolen for "How not to write an NSF proposal" poster: does any one know where to find it online? Larry Rolen 2010-07-28T22:08:58Z 2010-07-28T22:08:58Z <p>I don't know of this poster but there is a funny lecture by Serre: "How to Write Mathematics Badly" which may be of some relevance. <a href="http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/edu/basic/serre/" rel="nofollow">http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/edu/basic/serre/</a></p>