WORKSHOP PURPOSE
To assist participating institutions in further developing their ideas for planning and multi-year proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). Project Consultants and QEM staff will provide information and offer advice on ways institutional teams, prior to the FY 2006 Program deadline, might further develop ideas contained in project summaries they bring to the workshop.

FINAL AGENDA

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

AM
   8:00 Continental Breakfast

  8:30 Opening Plenary Session

  Welcome, Introductions, Review of Workshop Goal, CD Content, and Agenda
   Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

  8:45 HBCUs in Louisiana and Mississippi

  Teresa Edwards, Associate, QEM Network
   J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

  9:15 Review of HBCU-UP Program Goals and Guidelines

  Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded HBCU-UP Proposals
   Jessie DeAro, Assistant Program Director
       Division of Human Resource Development
       Education and Human Resources Directorate
       National Science Foundation

  9:45 Review of NSF’s Merit Review Criteria and Process

   William Sibley, Former NSF Program Director and QEM Consultant

10:00 Best Practices (Second-time Multi-year Grantee):

   Lorraine Fleming, Professor and HBCU-UP Co-Principal Investigator
      Department of Civil Engineering
      Howard University

10:30 Coffee Break

10:45 Concurrent Sessions I:

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Faculty Development Goals and Proposed Strategies from Project Summaries
   Shirley McBay, QEM Network
   Margaret Curtis, Program Director
      Division of Human Resource Development
      Education and Human Resources Directorate
      National Science Foundation
   Teresa Edwards, QEM Network

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Accomplishments and Challenges from First Multi-year Grant
   William Sibley, QEM Consultant
   J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

  PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK
  Focus: Ways to Assess Institutional Needs and Establish Baselines,
              Benchmarks, and Indicators of Progress
   Arturo Bronson, Professor and QEM Consultant
      Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
      University of Texas at El Paso
   Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

NOON
12:00 Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session I for their Proposals

PM
12:30 Lunch

  1:30 Concurrent Sessions II:

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Curriculum Reform, Student Support Goals, and Proposed Strategies
  from Project Summaries

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Brief Presentations of Project Summaries

  PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK
  Focus: - Brief Presentations of Project Summaries
   Representatives of Participating Institutions
              - Building Evaluation into Planning Proposals

  3:00 Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session II for their Proposed Projects

  3:30 Refreshment Break

  3:45 Concurrent Sessions III:

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Project Management, Timeline, and Budget

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Discussion of "Value-Added" by the Proposed Projects

  PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK
  Focus: Ways to Strengthen Proposed Planning Projects

  5:00 Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session III for their Proposed Projects

  6:00 Dinner

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

AM
   8:00 Continental Breakfast

  8:30 Concurrent Sessions IV:

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals) and
  PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK
  Focus: How to Use NSF’s FastLane for Proposal Submissions and Reviews and
               for Submission of Project Progress and Financial Reports
  Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist
      Division of Information Systems
      Office of Information and Resource Management
      National Science Foundation

  MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)
  Focus: Potential Collaborations/Partnerships with Other Institutions

10:45 Refreshment Break

11:00 Plenary Session: Assessment and Evaluation
          Margaret Curtis, NSF

NOON
12:00 Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of the Plenary Session on Assessment
          and Evaluation for their Proposed Projects

PM
12:30 Lunch

  1:30 Plenary Session: Grant Management: Financial Procedures and Reports

  Discussion Leaders:
   Pamela Hawkins, Grant and Agreement Specialist
      Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)
      National Science Foundation
   Rosalind Jackson-Lewis, Cost Analyst
      Division of Institution and Award Support (DIAS)
      Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management (BFA)
      National Science Foundation

  3:30 Summary Comments by Consultants and QEM Project Staff
          Observations and Recommendations by Participants
          Next Steps

  4:00 Adjournment