1/n I experienced the rare victory of seeing “Selected” in the @NASA #proposal system this week. So I’m going to celebrate by jotting down a few notes that I hope will help others... especially those for whom the grant process might be intimidating: 2/n Learn and practice. I started with a huge advantage thanks to proposal-writing classes and clinics during my graduate studies, by @hauck , Curt Niebur, and Susan Niebur. I’ll avoid repeating this information, but I can’t emphasize enough how critical these insights have been.

Just minutes ago I got the notification that our team's proposal to build a high temp, long lived camera for the surface of #Venus. This will be low mass, low power, and require no cooling. Imagine putting your mobile phone in an oven, turning on the clean setting, and having it function perfectly normally.