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Biological Sciences Workshop
QEM WORKSHOPS ON PROGRAMS IN NSF's DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIO) QEM will be conducting two proposal development and evaluation workshops designed 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). To be eligible for support from QEM, faculty must meet each of
the following criteria: The first workshop took place on October 21-22, 2005, at the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport. SEE AGENDA HERE The second workshop will take place in Albuquerque, NM, on March 31-April 1, 2006. Each workshop is designed to accommodate 40 eligible faculty. QEM will cover travel and lodging expenses for only one eligible participant from a given institution (review the QEM Travel Policy here); however, additional eligible faculty may participate at an institution's expense. QEM will provide meals during the workshop for all participants. Proposals may be submitted to the following divisions within the BIO Directorate: - Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) BIO also supports projects within the Emerging Frontiers (EF) Division and the Plant Genome Research (PGR) Program. 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. For additional information, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/bio/ The BIO 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." NSF does not normally support technical assistance, pilot plant efforts, research requiring security classification, the development of products for commercial marketing, or market research for a particular project or invention. 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, is normally not supported. Animal models of such conditions or the development or testing of drugs or other procedures for their treatment also are not eligible for support. However, research in bioengineering, with diagnosis- or treatment-related goals, that applies engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine while advancing engineering knowledge is eligible for support. Bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities also is eligible. Nominations of eligible Biology faculty members for the March 31-April 1, 2006 BIO workshop in Albuquerque should be made using the BIOnominationform which should be sent via e-mail to Shirley McBay by Friday, February 17, at smmcbay1@qem.org or by fax at 202-659-5408. Eligible Biology faculty also may use the form for self-nomination. This may result in more than one nomination from an institution; however, QEM will support only one eligible faculty member from a given institution for participation in a specific workshop. Final selections of participants who will receive QEM support will be made by QEM. Biology faculty also should be aware of a new BIO initiative to
broaden participation in the biological sciences entitled Research
Initiation Grants (RIG) and Career Advancement Awards (CAA).The
initiative seeks to broaden the participation of scientists from
groups underrepresented in the biological sciences. The Program
Solicitation (NSF 05-581) for both these opportunities can be downloaded
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