Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Workshop

for the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Embassy Suites New Orleans Convention Center • New Orleans, LA

February 27-28, 2009

AGENDA

Note: Participants are expected to take advantage each morning of the complimentary full breakfast available to all guests at the Embassy Suites New Orleans Convention Center.

THURSDAY, February 26

7:00 PM Early Registration and Informal Gathering Atrium

FRIDAY, February 27

AM

8:00 Registration Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

8:30 Opening Plenary Session Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

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

Review of Purpose of NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Sonia Esperanca, Program Director
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)

Directorate for the Geosciences (GEO), and

Chair, CAREER Coordinating Committee

9:45 Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded CAREER Proposals

Parag Chitnis, Deputy Division Director

Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Division

Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

10:15 “What I Learned on My Way to Tenure”

Brian Blake, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science

Georgetown University, and QEM Consultant

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions

Research and Education Components of Participants’ Proposed Project Summaries

Session I: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Diamond A

Parag Chitnis, Deputy Division Director, MCB

Tracy Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

University of California, San Diego, and

CAREER and PECASE Award Recipient

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

Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

Tomek Bartoszynski, Program Director

Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), MPS

Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor, Department of Chemistry

University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

Edward Thomas, Jr., Professor, Department of Physics

Auburn University and CAREER Award Recipient

Session III: Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Diamond B

William Schultz, Program Director, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering,

Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), ENG

Omnia El-Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach, ENG

Garrick Louis, Associate Professor, Department of Systems and

Information Engineering, The University of Virginia, and

CAREER and PECASE Award Recipient

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

Andrew Jackson’s Boardroom

    Almadena Chtchelkanova, Program Director

Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), CISE

Brian Blake, Georgetown University, and QEM Consultant

Session V: Directorate for the Geosciences (GEO) Suite 311

Sonia Esperanca, Program Director, EAR/GEO

Session VI: Education and Human Resources (EHR) and Suite 211

Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorates

Costello Brown, Retired Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

California State University-Los Angeles, and QEM Consultant

NOON/PM

12:00  Luncheon Atrium

1:00 Plenary Session Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

- Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and CAREER Proposals

Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

- Preparation of the Education Plan in a CAREER Proposal

Tracy Johnson, University of California, San Diego, and QEM Consultant

- Preparation of CAREER Project Summary, Narrative, and Budget

Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

2:30 Plenary Session

- Integrating Research into Teaching – “Best Practices”

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant

- Effective Mentoring of Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Edward Thomas, Jr., Auburn University, and QEM Consultant

3:15 Coffee Break

3:30 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions     (Same Room Locations)

Refinement of Project Summaries/Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty Members

5:30 Adjournment

Dinner on Your Own

SATURDAY, February 28

AM

9:00 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions      (Same Room Locations)

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

10:30 Break

10:45 Plenary Session Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

  Requirements for Research on Human Subjects

J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

11:15 Use of NSF’s FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports

Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist

Division of Information Systems

Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF (Retired)

PM

12:15 Luncheon Atrium

1:15 Plenary Session Bayou Jean Lafitte 3,4

- Post-Award Responsibilities

Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

- The Promotion and Tenure Process

Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

2:15 Remaining Questions from Participants and Closing Comments

2:45 Adjournment