Stacy Chin walks through the NSF Project Pitch prompt on technology innovation. Split your answer into two paragraphs: first, establish the problem and why it matters; second, describe your technical solution and why it's unproven, high-impact R&D. Keep it around 500 words total.
Describe the technology innovation. According to the NSF Project Pitch website, the instructions for this prompt are: describe the technical innovation that will be the main focus of your Phase 1 project, including a brief description of the origins of the innovation, as well as an explanation as to why this meets the program's mandate to focus on supporting research and development of unproven impactful innovations. So I know that was a mouthful. Let's break down how you can respond to this prompt in 2 paragraphs and 500 words. Before you even introduce introduce the innovation, you have to first justify why we even need a solution. To do so, we have to give some context to the problem that you're trying to solve. This is actually your first paragraph. By laying the groundwork, we are addressing the latter part of those instructions first for a new high-impact innovation. Now, the second paragraph is all about pitching your idea, and your first couple of sentences should go straight to the point as to what is your innovation and how would it solve the problem.
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