QEM Proposal Development and Evaluation Workshop

National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program

Embassy Suites Hotel Albuquerque ¥ 1000 Woodward Place, NE

Albuquerque, NM 87102 ¥Tel. 505/245-7100

September 28-29, 2007

 

AGENDA

 

Note: Participants staying at the Embassy Suites are expected to take advantage of the HotelÕs free breakfast.

Participants, consultants, and QEM staff staying in the NATIVO LODGE will be provided Embassy breakfast

meal tickets in their registration packets.

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27         

            

PM          Early Registration                                                                                  Sandia IV

  7:30 – 9:00

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

          

AM

  8:30          Registration                                                                                           Sandia IV

 

  9:00          Opening Plenary Session                                                                        Sandia IV

                 Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

                 Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

  9:15          -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)

                 -Review of Purpose of NSFÕs Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program

                 Joan Frye, Staff Associate, Office of Integrative Activities

                       National Science Foundation

 

  9:45          Weaknesses in Non-funded MRI Proposals and Strengths of Funded MRI Proposals

                 Helen Hansma, Program Director, Division of Biological Infrastructure

                       Biological Sciences (BIO) Directorate

                       National Science Foundation

 

10:15         Coffee Break

 

10:30         Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and MRI Proposals

                 William Sibley, Former NSF Division Director, and QEM Consultant

 

11:00        Brief Individual/Institutional Team Presentation of Proposal Ideas

 

NOON/PM

12:00         Luncheon Session                                                                                   Sandia IV

                                            

12:45         Mock Panel Review

                 Cast:  Helen Hansma, Program Officer

                           Arturo Bronson

                           Arthur Grider

                           Jeanine Cook

                           Costello Brown

                            Bill Sibley, Science Assistant

 

  1:45          Preparation of MRI Narrative and Budget

                 Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor, University of Kentucky, and

                       QEM Consultant

 

  2:30          Discipline-focused Breakout Groups:  (See Group Assignment Sheet in Packet)

                

Session Focus: Equipment to be Purchased and How it is to be Used

                       (Three-minute presentations per individual/institutional team)

 

                       -Biological Sciences                                                                    209 (Second Floor)

                       Helen Hansma, Division of Biological Infrastructure, NSF/BIO

Arthur Grider, Associate Professor, University of Georgia, and       

QEM Consultant

                

-Chemistry                                                                             Sage (Ground Floor)

                       Joan Frye, Office of Integrative Activities, NSF                             

                       Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

                       Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

                                                                                                     

                        -Engineering                                                                                        Sandia IV

Arturo Bronson, Professor, University of Texas at El Paso, Former

NSF Program Director, and QEM Consultant

                         Jeanine Cook, Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, and

                                  FY 2005 MRI Grantee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                       -Physics and Computer and Information Science and Engineering    210 (Second Floor)

William Sibley, QEM Consultant

Brian Blake, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of

Computer Science, Georgetown University, and QEM Consultant

 

  3:45          Coffee Break

 

  4:00          Breakout Groups Continue meeting in same Locations

                 Session Focus: Broader Impacts of Proposed Use of Equipment

 

 

  5:15          Establishing the Need for Major Research Instrumentation                                Sandia IV

                 Jeanine Cook, QEM Consultant

 

  6:00          Dinner (on your own)

 

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

 

AM

   9:00         Opening Plenary Session                                                                           Sandia IV

 

                 Involving Undergraduate Students in Research

                 Arturo Bronson, QEM Consultant

 

   9:45          Group Discussion: Integrating Research into Teaching

                 Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

 

 10:15         Break

 

10:30         Breakout Groups Resume  - Note New Locations

                 Session Focus:  Discussion of Revised Project Summaries

                        -Biological Sciences                                                                           Sandia VI

                        -Chemistry                                                                                       Sandia VII

                       -Engineering                                                                                     Sandia IV

                       -Physics and Computer and Information Science and Engineering          Sandia VIII

 

NOON/PM

12:00         Luncheon Plenary Session                                                                                

Closing Comments from NSF Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff

 

  1:30         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