Quality
Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Workshop
National Science Foundation
(NSF)Õs Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Residence Inn Capitol by
Marriott¥ 333 E Street, SW ¥ Washington, DC¥ 202/543-3704
September 21-22, 2007
AGENDA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
AM
8:30 Registration Senate Room
9:00 Opening
Plenary Session
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
9:15 Welcoming
Remarks
Overview
of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
Directorate
for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Dr.
Maryanna
Henkart, Division Director
Division
of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
9:45 BIO
Proposal Preparation and the NSF Merit Review Criteria and Review Process
J.
Ellis Bell, Program
Director
BIO/Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences (MCB)
10:30 Overview of the
Divisions in the Biological Sciences Directorate
MCB- Loverine
Taylor,
Program Director, MCB
IOS-
Rob Miller, Program Director, Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
DEB-
Carl Taylor, Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Concurrent
Division-focused Sessions
-Initial
Presentation of ParticipantsÕ Proposed Project Summaries
Session
IA: Division of
Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
Suite
1207
Rob
Miller, Program Director
Casonya
Johnson, BIO Award Recipient, and Associate Professor
Georgia State University
Session
IB: Division of Biological
Infrastructure (DBI)
Suite
1217
Rick
McCourt, Program Director
Session
II: Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB) House
Room
Carl
Taylor, Program Director, DEB
Saran
Twombly, Program Director, DEB
Daniel
Wubah, BIO Award Recipient and
Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, University of Florida
Session III:
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Senate Room
Ellis Bell, Program Director
LaJoyce
Debro, Program Director
David Rockcliffe, Program Director
Loverine
Taylor, Program Director
Margaret
Johnson, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
NSF
Award Recipient and Former NSF Program Director, BIO/MCB
PM
12:30-1:15 Luncheon Plenary Session Senate
Room
Mock
Panel Review
Director:
Ellis Bell
Cast: Rick McCourt as the Perfect Program Director
Loverine
Taylor as the Superb Science Assistant
And
the remaining NSF staff and consultants starring as polemical panelists
2:30 Concurrent
Division-focused Sessions Continued (in same locations)
Implications
of Proposal Preparation and NSF Review Criteria Discussion
for
ParticipantsÕ Proposals/Proposal Concepts
Session I: Division of Integrative Organismal
Biology (IOB)
Division
of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Session
II: Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB) and
Session
III: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
4:00 Coffee Break
4:15 Strategies
for Building
Biological Infrastructure &Training Programs Senate Room
Rick
McCourt, Program Director
5:15 Break
6:00 Group Dinner Hearth
Room
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
AM
9:00 Plenary
Session Senate
Room
--Integrating
Research into Teaching – ÒBest PracticesÓ
Casonya
Johnson, BIO Award
Recipient, Georgia State University
-Effective Mentoring of
Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Margaret
Johnson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
10:15 Coffee
Break
10:30 Three
Concurrent Division-focused Sessions Continued (in same locations)
Session
I: Division of Integrative
Organismal Biology (IOB)
Division
of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Session
II: Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB) and
Session
III: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
NOON Luncheon Plenary
Session
Closing
Comments
NSF
Staff, BIO Grantees, and QEM Staff
1:30 Plenary
Session: Use of NSFÕs
FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports
Evelyn
Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist
Division
of Information Systems (DIS)
Office
of Information and Resource Management, NSF
3:30 Adjournment