SHIPsProposal1

Science Introduction and Context. Background on subject. What target(s). How you picked the target(s) and why. What is known in the literature about the target(s). Educated guesses on what you expect to find. (Your readers are both astronomers and educators, so don't assume they know the astronomy basics.)

Analysis plan. Detailed information on what data are available, and what you plan to do with them (e.g. more than "I'm sure Spitzer/WISE/Planck observed this at some point"). How you are going to reduce the data. Kind of analysis planned. Tools you will use.

Educational/Outreach plan. What your team plans to do, individually or as a group. No need to link to standards or describe this in great detail. This also need not be educational research. Most of your work should go into the science portion of the proposal; this is mostly to make sure that you have at least started thinking about the educational aspects of this program.

"Write like Hemingway"

The writing should be concise, and to the point. Try to say it in as few words as possible. Proposals have page limits for a reason.

Sin and Syntax I highly recommend this book. Its a delightful read.

Direct links to the proposals from 2012:

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