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Biology
On Friday and Saturday, September 21-22, 2007, QEM Network conducted a proposal development and evaluation workshop to assist eligible Biology faculty at accredited minority institutions and eligible underrepresented minority Biology faculty at other accredited institutions in the preparation of proposals for submission to the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). The workshop took place in Washington, DC, at the Residence Inn Capitol by Marriott, 333 E Street, SW. The all-suites hotel is the first Native American tribally-owned enterprise in Washington, DC. To be eligible for support from QEM to attend the workshop, faculty had to meet each of the following criteria: (1) hold the rank of assistant professor or above; (2) be tenured or tenure track; (3) teach Biology courses taken by students majoring in Biology/ Biological Sciences; and (4) be actively engaged in research. The workshop focused on programs in the following divisions within the Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO):
BIO also supports projects within the Emerging Frontiers (EF) Division. The Directorate especially encourages proposals from three or more investigators, who may come from more than one institution, for collaborative studies focused on a single problem. Additional information on the Directorate’s programs and various deadlines can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=BIO&ord=date. The Directorate does not normally provide support for "research with disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals." ======================== QEM/NSF BIO WORKSHOPS TO DATE
For more information, please contact Shirley McBay (smmcbay1@qem.org) or Althea Burns (aburns@qem.org) or via telephone at 202-659-1818. |
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