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Biology Workshop Nomination Form

Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Biology Workshop Nomination Form

Workshop at the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque, NM, March 31-April 1, 2006

Due Date for Nominations: Friday, February 17, 2006.
E-mail Completed Form to smmcbay1@qem.org

The workshop is designed to assist eligible Biology faculty members 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 the Biological Sciences (BIO). To be eligible for QEM support to participate in a QEM/BIO workshop, a faculty member must meet each of the following criteria: (1) hold the rank of assistant professor or above; (2) be tenured or on in a tenure-track position; (3) teach Biology courses taken by students majoring in Biology/Biological Sciences; and (4) be actively engaged in research.

Each selected participant, prior to the workshop, must:
(1) submit a project summary, of no more than one page in length, that has been prepared in accordance with the
NSF Grant Proposal Guide (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg) (see page 21 of the Guide); and (2) submit a two-page biographical sketch that has been prepared in accordance with the Guide (see pages 23-24 for details). These documents should be sent electronically to smmcbay1@qem.org and must be received no later than Friday, March 3, 2006.

CLICK HERE FOR WORD VERSION OF NOMINATION FORM shown below.

Name of Nominee: __________________________

Rank: __________________________

Department: __________________________

Institution: __________________________

Telephone: _____________________ Fax: ____________________

E-mail: __________________________

Nominator (if different from nominee): __________________________

Title: __________________________

Telephone: __________________________

E-mail: __________________________

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Name of Nominee _______________ Institution ______________

BIO Division/Cluster most appropriate for Nominee’s Research Area (please check only one division/cluster). Nominee/Nominator should visit http://www.nsf.gov/home/bio/ to assist in identifying the most appropriate division/cluster.

(1) Biological Infrastructure (DBI) http://www.nsf.gov/home/bio/dbi
DBI Clusters:

___ Research Resources Cluster

___ Human Resources Cluster

(2) Environmental Biology (DEB) http://www.nsf.gov/home/bio/deb
DEB Clusters:

___ Ecological Biology Cluster ___ Ecosystem Science Cluster

___ Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster

___ Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster

(3) Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB) http://www.nsf.gov/home/bio/iob
IOB Clusters:

___ Behavioral Systems ___ Developmental Systems

___ Environmental and Structural Systems

___ Functional and Regulatory Systems

(4) Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) http://www.nsf.gov/home/bio/mcb
MCB Clusters:

___ Biomolecular Systems ___ Cellular Systems

___ Genes and Genome Systems