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##Personnel (1 page)  ##Project (4 pages)  ###Conceptual Framework (1/2-2/3 of a page)  1. catchy sentence  2. 2-3 sentences to summarize current knowledge in the field  3. offer gap in knowledge or need that will drive the proposal  4. problem statement: why does this gap in knowledge or need represent an NSF-related problem  5. tell how your project will fill that gap/meet that need  6. overarching central hypothesis:   - best bet for how to obtain your objective  - on what is your best bet formulated? (mention, but do not describe preliminary data here)  - write so that it can easily be beoken down in aims to be presented later  Microbial eukaryotes may represent the final frontier for the discovery of life on Earth. **I feel like we need to make some justification of this statement.**