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 15-16, 2006

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

 

AM

  8:30         Registration                                                                                                            Senate Room

 

  9:00         Opening Plenary Session                                                                         

                  Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

                  Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

  9:15         Welcoming Remarks

                  Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the

                  Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

                  Joanne Tornow, Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning, Policy, and Analysis

                        Office of the Assistant Director, BIO

 

9:45           BIO Proposal Preparation and the NSF Merit Review Criteria and Review Process

                  Parag Chitnis, Program Director

                        BIO/Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

 

10:30         Coffee Break

 

10:45         Three Concurrent Division-focused Sessions

                  -Overview of Programs, Priorities, and Processes by BIO Division

                  -Initial Presentation of ParticipantsÕ Proposed Project Summaries

 

                  Session I: Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB)                 Executive Suite 1217

                  Paul Farel, Program Director

                  Diane Witt, Program Director

                  Daniel Wubah, BIO Award Recipient, and Special Assistant to the President

                        James Madison University (Joining Session I in the afternoon)

 

                  Session II: Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and                                 House Room

                                    Divison of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

                  Judith Skog, Deputy Division Director, DBI

                  Rebeca Rosengaus, BIO Award Recipient, and

                        Assistant Professor of Biology, Northeastern University

Peter McCartney, Program Director, DBI

Jane Silverthorne, Program Director, DBI

 

                  Session III: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)                   Senate Room

                  Parag Chitnis, Program Director

                  J. Ellis Bell, Program Director

                  Marilyn Gunner, BIO Award Recipient, and

                        Professor, The City College of New York

 

PM

12:30         Luncheon Plenary Session                                                                                       Senate Room

 

  1:15         Mock Panel Review

                  Judith Skog, Program Officer

                  Marilyn Gunner, Panelist

                  Rebeca Rosengaus, Panelist

                  J. Ellis Bell, Panelist

                  Paul Farel, Panelist

 

  2:00         Three 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)

                  Session II: Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and

                                    Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

                  Session III: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) 

                 

  3:30         Coffee Break                                                                       

 

  3:45              Strategies for Building Biological Infrastructure and                                                            Senate Room

                         On-Campus STEM Collaborations

                  Jane Silverthorne, Program Director, DBI

                  Roosevelt Johnson, Program Director

                        Human Resource Development (HRD) Division

                        Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate

 

  5:15         Break

 

  6:00         Group Dinner                                                                                                         Hearth Room

 

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

 

AM

  9:00         Plenary Session                                                                                                     Senate Room

                  -Integrating Research into Teaching – ÒBest PracticesÓ

                        Marilyn Gunner, BIO Award Recipient, The City College of New York

 

                  -Effective Mentoring of Undergraduate and Graduate Students

                        Rebeca Rosengaus, BIO Award Recipient, Northeastern University

 

10:15         Coffee Break

 

10:30         Three Concurrent Division-focused Sessions, continued (in same locations)

                  Refinement of Proposals/Proposal Concepts by Participants

 

                  Session I:   Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB)

 

                  Session II: Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and

                                    Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

 

                  Session III: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

 
NOON/PM

 

12:00         Luncheon Plenary Session                                                                                       Senate Room

                  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

 

 

Additional NSF Resource Personnel Attending the Workshop:

Maryanna Henkart, Division Director, BIO/MCB