Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Workshop
National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs Directorate for
Biological Sciences (BIO)
Hilton
Albuquerque ¥ 1901 University Boulevard, NE ¥ Albuquerque, NM 87102 ¥
505/884-2500
March 31 – April 1, 2006
AGENDA
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
AM
8:30 Registration
9:00 Opening
Plenary Session and Continental Breakfast
Welcome,
Purpose, and Introductions
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
9:15 Welcoming
Remarks
Overview
of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
Directorate
of Biological Sciences (BIO)
James
Collins, Assistant Director, BIO
10:00 BIO
Proposal Preparation and the NSF Merit Review Criteria and Review Process
Juan Carlos Morales, BIO Program Director
10:45 Coffee
Break
11:00 Four
Concurrent Division-focused Sessions
-
Overview of Programs, Priorities, and Processes by BIO Division[1]
-
Initial Presentation of ParticipantsÕ Proposed Project Summaries
Session
I: Division of
Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Christopher
Greer, Program Director
Gerald
Selzer, Program Director
Session
II: Division of Integrative
Organismal Biology (IOB)
Dona
Boggs, Program Director
Paul
Farel, Program Director
Pauline
Lawrence, BIO Award Recipient
University
of Florida, Gainesville
Session
III: Division of Environmental
Biology (DEB)
Juan
Carlos Morales, Program Director
Alan
Tessier, Program Director
Felisa
Smith, BIO Award Recipient
University
of New Mexico
Session
IV: Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences (MCB)
Margaret
Johnson, Program Director
Jermelina
Tupas, Program Director
Carla
Mattos, BIO Award Recipient
North
Carolina State University
Maggie
Werner-Washburne, BIO Award Recipient
University
of New Mexico
PM
12:30 Luncheon
Plenary Session: The NSF Review Process from the
Perspective of
Panelists/Reviewers
Carla
Mattos, North Carolina State University
Felisa
Smith, University of New Mexico
2:00 Four
Concurrent Division-focused Sessions continued
Implications
of Proposal Preparation and NSF Review Criteria Discussion
for
ParticipantsÕ Proposals/Proposal Concepts
Session I: Division
of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Session
II: Division of Integrative
Organismal Biology (IOB)
Session
III: Division of Environmental
Biology (DEB)
Session
IV: Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences (MCB)
3:30 Coffee Break
3:45 Post-Award
Responsibilities
Larry
Fuqua, Grant and Agreement Specialist
Division
of Grants and Agreements
4:30 Strategies
for Building Biological
Infrastructure and On-Campus STEM Collaborations
Gerald Selzer, Program Director
Division
of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Directorate
for Biological Sciences, NSF
(.ppt) Joanne
Tornow, Office of the Assistant Director
Directorate
for Education and Human Resources, NSF
5:30 Break
6:00 Dinner
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
AM
8:15 Continental
Breakfast
8:45 Plenary
Session
-
Integrating Research into Teaching – ÒBest PracticesÓ
Pauline Lawrence, University of Florida
-
Effective Mentoring of Undergraduate and Graduate Students
(.ppt) Maggie
Werner-Washburne, 2004 PAESMEM Award Recipient
University
of New Mexico
-
Factors to Consider/Lessons Learned in Implementation of Outreach
Activities
at the High School Level
Egda
Morales, Albert Einstein Fellow, MCB
10:15 Coffee
Break
10:30 Four
Concurrent Division-focused Sessions
Refinement
of Proposals/Proposal Concepts by Participants
Session
I: Division of
Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
Session
II: Division of Integrative
Organismal Biology (IOB)
Session
III: Division of Environmental
Biology (DEB)
Session
IV: Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences (MCB)
NOON/PM
12:00 Luncheon
Plenary Session
Closing
Comments
NSF
Staff, BIO Grantees, Consultants, 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
Office
of Information and Resource Management, NSF
3:30 Adjournment
[1] Additional Resource Persons During the Workshop:
Maryanna Henkart, Division Director,
MCB
Egda Morales, Albert Einstein Fellow