Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Workshop for
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February 9-10, 2007
AGENDA
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8
7:00 PM Early
Registration and Informal Gathering Red Rock/Mt.
Charleston Salons
17th
Floor
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
AM
8:00 Registration
and Continental Breakfast Red Rock/Mt. Charleston Foyer
8:30 Opening
Plenary Session Red Rock/Mt.
Charleston Salons
9:00 -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Wanda Ward, Deputy Assistant Director (slides for talk)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences
National Science Foundation
Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program
Director
Research,
Evaluation and Communication (REC) Division
Directorate
for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and
Co-Chair,
CAREER Coordinating Committee
National
Science Foundation
10:00 -Integration of
Research and Education
J.
Ellis Bell, Program Director
Molecular
and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Division
Directorate
for Biological Sciences (BIO)
National
Science Foundation
10:15 -Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded
CAREER Proposals
Parag Chitnis, Program Director
Molecular
and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Division
Directorate
for Biological Sciences (BIO)
National
Science Foundation
10:45 Coffee Break Red Rock/Mt. Charleston Foyer
11:00 Five Concurrent
Directorate-focused Sessions
Research
and Education Components of Project Summaries
Session
I: Mesquite 215
Directorate
for Biological Sciences (BIO)
J.
Ellis Bell, Program Director, MCB
Parag
Chitnis, Program Director, MCB
Session
II: Lone Mountain
Directorate
for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Costello
Brown, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry
California
State University at Los Angeles, former EHR
Division
Director, NSF, and QEM Consultant
Fitzgerald
Bramwell, Professor, Department of Chemistry
University
of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant
Eugene J. Billiot, Texas A & M
University-Corpus Christi
2006
Recipient of NSF CAREER and PECASE Awards and
QEM
CAREER Program Consultant
Session
III:
Directorate
for Engineering (ENG)
Group
I: Red Rock
Salon
Robert
Wellek, Deputy Division Director, CBET/ENG
Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental, and
Transport
Systems (CBET)
Ashley
James, University of Minnesota
2005 Recipient of NSF CAREER Award
and of
2006
PECASE Award and QEM CAREER Program Consultant
Group
II:
Mt. Charleston Salon
Stephanie
Adams, Program Director
Engineering
Education and Centers (EEC), ENG, and
FY
2003 CAREER Award Recipient
Garrick
Louis, University of Virginia
2000
Recipient of NSF CAREER and PECASE Awards and
QEM
CAREER Program Consultant
Session
IV: Laughlin 213
Directorate
for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Wayne
Lutters, Program Director, Human-Centered Computing Cluster
Division
of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS), CISE
Session
V: Suite 212
Directorate
for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
and
the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Elizabeth VanderPutten, REC/EHR
PM
12:30 Luncheon
Plenary Session Red
Rock/Mt. Charleston Salons
-Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and CAREER
Proposals
Robert Wellek, Deputy Division Director, CBET/ENG, NSF
-Preparation
of CAREER Project Summary, Narrative, and Budget
Stephanie Adams, EEC/ENG, NSF
2:30 Five
Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions (Sessions
I-V continued in same locations)
Refinement
of Project Summaries/Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty Members
3:45 Coffee
Break
4:00 Five
Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions (Sessions I-V continued in same locations)
Implications
of NSF Review Criteria for ParticipantsÕ Project Summaries
5:00 Plenary Session: The Promotion
and Tenure Process Red Rock/Mt. Charleston Salons
Costello Brown, California State
University at Los Angeles
6:00 Adjournment
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
AM
8:30 Breakfast Red Rock/Mt.
Charleston Foyer
9:00 Four Concurrent Sessions
-3
Directorate-focused (BIO, CISE, and MPS)
-1
on FastLane (ENG
Groups I and II; and SBE/EHR)
-Use
of NSFÕs
FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports Red Rock Salon
(ENG Groups I and II; and SBE/EHR)
Evelyn
Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist
Division
of Information Systems
Office
of Information and Resource Management, NSF
-Presentation
of Updates of Project Summaries/
Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty
Three
Separate Sessions for BIO, CISE, and MPS
BIO
- Mesquite 215
MPS - Lone Mountain
CISE - Laughlin 213
10:30 Break Red Rock/Mt. Charleston Foyer
10:45 Four Concurrent Sessions
-3
Directorate-focused (ENG Groups I and II; and SBE/EHR)
-1
on FastLane
(BIO, CISE, and MPS)
-Use
of NSFÕs
FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports Red Rock Salon
(BIO,
CISE, and MPS)
Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, NSF
-Presentation
of Updates of Project Summaries/
Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty
Three Separate Sessions for ENG
Group I, ENG Group II, and SBE/EHR
Eng I - Lake Mead
Eng
II - Mt. Charleston
Salon
SBE/EHR - Suite 212
NOON/PM
12:00 Luncheon Plenary Session
Red
Rock/Mt. Charleston Salons
-Integrating
Research into Teaching – ÒBest PracticesÓ
Eugene
Billiot, QEM CAREER Consultant
-Principles of Inquiry
Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program
Director, REC
2:00 Five
Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions
(same locations as
AM sessions)
Remaining
Questions from Participants
3:00 Plenary
Session: Post-Award Responsibilities Red Rock/Mt. Charleston Salons
Vanessa
Richardson, Grant and Agreement Specialist
Division
of Grants and Agreements, NSF
4:00 Closing
Comments
NSF
Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff
4:30 Adjournment