Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Proposal Development and Evaluation Workshop for the

National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program

Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV (Tel. 702/732-5111)

November 4-5, 2011

AGENDA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
AM
8:30	Registration Continental Breakfast	Conference Room Registration Desk Ballroom D
9:00	Opening Session Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network	Ballroom D
9:30	Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF) -Review of Purpose of NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program Randy Phelps, Staff Associate, Office of Integrative Activities National Science Foundation
10:15	Coffee Break
10:30	Weaknesses in Non-funded MRI Proposals and Strengths of Funded MRI Proposals Randy Phelps, National Science Foundation
11:00	Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and MRI Proposals Costello Brown, Former Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Chemistry (Retired) California State University-Los Angeles, and QEM Consultant
11:30	Establishing the Need for Major Research Instrumentation Edward Thomas, Professor, Department of Physics Auburn University, and QEM Consultant
Noon/PM
12:00	Luncheon Plenary Session Ethics in Research/The Responsible Conduct of Research Garrick Louis, Associate Professor Department of Systems and Information Engineering University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant	Ballroom D
1:30	Preparation of MRI Proposal Narrative and Budget Fitzgerald Bramwell, Associate Provost Howard University, and QEM Consultant Preparation of MRI Post-doctoral Mentoring Research and Data Management Plans Edward Thomas, 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 Arthur Grider, Associate Professor, Department of Foods and Nutrition University of Georgia, and QEM Consultant Casonya Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Biology Georgia State University, and QEM Consultant	Conference Room 1
	Chemistry Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant Costello Brown, QEM Consultant	Conference Room 2
	Engineering Arturo Bronson, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at El Paso, and QEM Consultant Garrick Louis, QEM Consultant	Conference Room 3
	Computer and Information Science and Engineering Brian Blake, Professor and Associate Dean for Research University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant Wayne Lutters, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems University of Maryland Baltimore County	Ballroom D
	Physics Edward Thomas, QEM Consultant	Ballroom D
3:45	Coffee Break
4:00	Discipline-focused Breakout Groups continue in same Locations Session Focus: Broader Impacts of Proposed Use of Equipment
5:00	Achieving Promotion and Tenure Brian Blake, QEM Consultant	Ballroom D
6:00	Dinner (on your own)
Overnight Assignment: Participants revise their one-page project summaries
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
AM
8:30	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom D
9:00	Involving Undergraduate Students in Research Arturo Bronson, QEM Consultant Casonya Johnson, QEM Consultant	Ballroom D
9:30	Integrating Research into Teaching Wayne Lutters, QEM Consultant Arthur Grider, QEM Consultant
10:00	Break
10:15	Discipline-focused Breakout Groups Resume Session Focus: Discussion of Revised Project Summaries
Noon/PM
12:00	Luncheon Plenary Session Closing Comments from NSF Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff	Ballroom D
1:30	Use of NSF’s FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer and Information Specialist Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF (Retired), and QEM Consultant Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part I) Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part II)
3:30	Adjournment