Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Workshop

for the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Doubletree Memphis Hotel • 185 Union Avenue • Memphis, TN

February 10-11, 2006

 

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

 

7:00 PM     Early Registration and Informal Gathering

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

 

AM

 

8:00        Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30         Opening Plenary Session

                  Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

                  Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

9:00         -Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)

                 Richard Buckius, Interim Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

                        National Science Foundation

 

9:45         -Review of Purpose of NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

                  Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program Director, Research, Evaluation and

                        Communication (REC), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), and

                        Co-Chair, CAREER Coordinating Committee, NSF

 

10:00         -Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded CAREER Proposals

                    Tyrone Mitchell, Program Director, Chemistry Division

                        Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

 

10:30         Coffee Break

 

10:45         Five Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions

                  Research and Education Components of Participants’ Proposed Project Summaries

 

                  Session I:    Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

                                      Alan Tessier, Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)

                                      Casonya Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

                                                Morgan State University, BIO Grantee

 

                Session II:   Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

                       Tyrone Mitchell, Program Director, Chemistry Division

                       Costello Brown, Acting Director, Faculty Affairs

                                 California State University at Los Angeles

 

                  Session III:  Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

                                      Richard Buckius, NSF

              Stephanie Adams, AAAS Fellow

                        Engineering Education and Centers (EEC), NSF, and

                       FY 2003 CAREER Award Recipient

                                      Andrew Alleyne, Professor of Engineering, ENG Grantee

                        University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

                  Session IV: Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)

                                      John Cozzens, Program Director

                                                Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)

 

                  Session V:  Directorate for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) and the

                                      Directorate for Education and Human Resources

                                      Isaac Unah, Program Director

                                                Social and Economic Sciences (SES), SBE

                                      Elizabeth VanderPutten, REC/EHR

PM

 

12:30         Luncheon Plenary Session

 

                  -Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and CAREER Proposals

                    Alan Tessier, BIO/DEB, NSF

 

-Preparation of CAREER Project Summary, Narrative, and Budget

 Stephanie Adams, ENG/EEC, NSF

 

2:30         Five Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions

                  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)

                  Implications of NSF Review Criteria for Participants’ Project Summaries

 

5:00         Plenary Session: The Promotion and Tenure Process

                  Costello Brown, California State University at Los Angeles

 

6:00         Dinner

 

7:00         Adjournment

 

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

 

AM

 

8:30         Continental Breakfast

 

9:00         Four Concurrent Sessions -3 Directorate-focused (Groups I, II, and V)

                                                            -1 on FastLane (Groups III and IV)

 

                -Use of NSF’s FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports

            Engineering (Group III) and Computer Science (Group IV)

                    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

                        Biological Sciences (Group I); MPS (Group II); and SBE/EHR (Group V)

 

10:30         Break

 

10:45         Three Concurrent Sessions (2 Directorate-focused; 1 on FastLane)

 

-Use of NSF’s FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports

Biological Sciences (Group I); MPS (Group II); and SBE/EHR (Group V)

 

-Presentation of Updates of Project Summaries/Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty

            Engineering (Group III) and Computer Science (Group IV)

 

NOON/PM

 

12:00         Luncheon Plenary Session

 

                  -Integrating Research into Teaching – “Best Practices”

                    Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

                  -Things to Consider in Assessing your Education Plan

                    Isaac Unah, Program Director, SES/SBE, NSF

 

2:00         Five Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions

                  Remaining Questions from Participants

           

3:00         Plenary Session: Post-Award Responsibilities

                  Dionie Henry, Branch Chief

Pamela Hawkins, Grant and Agreement Specialist

Division of Grants and Agreements, NSF

 

4:00         Closing Comments

                  NSF Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff

 

4:30         Adjournment