Interfaces in Science

Application Checklist

Invited applications must be submitted through BWF’s grant application system by January 10, 2013 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

The following checklist is provided to assist in compiling and completing all necessary application materials.

Did you complete the data entry application sections online?

  • Applicant information
  • Institution information
  • Institutional Signing Official information
  • Postdoctoral Mentor information
  • Proposal information (Did you remember to include your name in the "Project Title" field in the format of "Last Name, First Name - Project Title"?)
  • Lay Abstract

Did you remember to complete or obtain the following attachments and upload them as one (1) PDF file in the following order?

1.  Signature Page (required; template provided)
2.  Candidate’s Curriculum Vita (required; three page limit)
3.  Scientific Abstract (required; template provided; one page limit)
4.  Research Plan (required; six page limit)
5.  Bibliography (optional)
6.  Reprints (up to three; one required and two optional)
7.  Statements of Collaboration (optional; up to two allowed)
8.  Institutional Certification Form (required; template provided)

Did you request at least two confidential Letters of Recommendation - one from your graduate advisor and one from a recommender who knows your work?  Have these letters been uploaded by the recommenders?

Letters of Recommendation (up to three; all confidential –must be uploaded by the letter writer)

  • two required – one from the graduate advisor and one from another recommender 
  • one optional from an additional recommender (or second graduate advisor if applicable)