On Thursday and Friday, October 5-6, 2006, the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network will be conducting a workshop at the Embassy Suites Hotel-Convention Center in New Orleans for institutions eligible to submit planning or multi-year proposals in the FY 2007 NSF/HBCU-UP (Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program) competition. As you may be aware, HBCU-UP supports comprehensive change in undergraduate STEM programs, including curriculum development, faculty development, and student support.
QEM, through its HBCU-UP Technical Assistance Project, will cover the expenses for two individuals from an eligible HBCU institution to participate in this workshop provided one of the two individuals is the institution's Chief Academic Officer who would be expected to serve as the Principal Investigator of the institutionÕs proposed HBCU-UP project. The second representative should be a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) faculty member who would serve as the HBCU-UP ProjectÕs Co-Principal Investigator or Project Director. Other institutional representatives are welcome to participate; however, their travel and lodging costs must be at their institutionÕs expense. Workshop meals will be provided for all registered participants.
To provide each institution maximum feedback during the Workshop from QEM consultants and staff, each institution, whether or not QEM is covering the costs associated with the institutionÕs participation, is required to submit a project summary for the proposed project. The summary should be no more than one page in length. It should address both the intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed project and be prepared as described in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (page 5) available at (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf022/nsf0202_2.html).
An institutionÕs HBCU-UP Project Summary sent via e-mail to Shirley McBay at smmcbay1@qem.org no later than Friday, September 8. The FY 2007 HBCU-UP Program Solicitation is not available at this time; however, the current program solicitation (NSF 06-508) is at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06508/nsf06508.htm.
To include as many institutions as possible in the workshop and to ensure maximum savings, QEM will arrange air travel and lodging for representatives eligible to receive QEM support based on information provided to QEM and upon receipt of the institutionÕs HBCU-UP Project Summary.
The Deadline Date for receipt of Project Summary was Friday, September 8. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL (ELIGIBLE FOR QEM SUPPORT) REGISTRATION (OTHER)
The Deadline Registration Date for QEM Air Travel Support is Friday, September 8. The Deadline Registration Date for other participants is Monday, September 18.
If you have questions. please contact Althea Burns or Shirley McBay at 202/659-1818 or by e-mail at aburns@qem.org or smmcbay1@qem.org