STRATEGIES FOR YOUR EARLY CAREER SUCCESS
Navigating the tenure process can be particularly challenging for women because the process often coincides with childbearing years. Some women choose to opt out of the tenure race early on, as they don't want to have to make the choice between a baby or tenure. Others, like Clancy, approach it with caution, realizing that the decision to have a child and career can often have perilous implications on future job prospects. As one report noted in 2013, among tenured faculty, only 44 percent of women are married with children compared to 70 percent of men.
Tanya Golash-Boza is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. She has published five books and 53 articles and book chapters. Her latest book Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism (NYU 2016) was awarded the Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award from the Latino/a Studies Section of the American Sociological Association. Her textbook, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach (Oxford University Press 2018) provides a critical overview of contemporary race scholarship. In this blog, she shares advice that will help you balance life and work and attain a happier life on the tenure track. 
Tips for Writing the Project Description
The main purpose of this book is to provide some tips to the assistant professors who plan to write their NSF CAREER proposals. The idea of editing this book originated during a conversation with Dr. George Hazelrigg(program director at National Science Foundation) when I visited him late November 2006. He encouraged me to proceed. His support is greatly appreciated. During the first week of December 2006, I sent out invitations to the potential contributors, requesting them to send me their contributions by the end of the month. They responded with enthusiasm. I would like to thank all the contributors for their dedicated work in writing these articles with such a short notice. I have read all the articles in this book and learned a lot. I wish that I could have had a book like this when I prepared my CAREER proposals several years ago. I am confident that the readers will find the articles in this book beneficial. Please note that any opinions and recommendations in this book are those of the individual contributors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. --ZJ Pei
This cartoon from the NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) offers an easy to read breakdown of the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) paying particular attention to details that are specific to their division.
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