The
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
has received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
to provide technical assistance to broaden participation
in NSF's
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. QEM
will conduct a two-day workshop focused on
the FY 2009 CAREER Program for eligible science
and engineering junior faculty at minority-serving institutions
and for eligible underrepresented minority faculty at non-minority-serving
institutions who are interested in submitting proposals.
The workshop will be held on Friday
and Saturday, February 27-28,
2009 at
the Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans Convention Center, 315
Julia Street,
in New
Orleans, LA (Tel: 504/525-1993).
Through the CAREER Program, NSF is seeking to sustain and strengthen
the Nation’s science, mathematics, and engineering capabilities
and to promote the use of those capabilities in service to society.
In particular, CAREER supports the early career development activities
of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic
leaders of the 21st century.
To be eligible
to submit a proposal to the CAREER Program, a faculty member
must: (1) hold a doctoral degree in a field
of science or engineering supported by NSF; (2)
be untenured but on the tenure track as an assistant professor
at her/his institution by October 1, 2009; (3)
have not previously received a CAREER award; and (4)
have not competed more than two times in the NSF CAREER Program.
Applicants must be actively engaged in research and teaching.
Depending on the level of interest and of
funds available, QEM may be able to support the participation
(travel, meals, and lodging) of up to two eligible faculty
from an institution. While we are unable to support previous
participants in QEM CAREER workshops, such individuals as
well as additional eligible faculty are welcome to attend
at their or their institution’s
expense.
The minimum CAREER award, including indirect costs, will total
$400,000 over a five-year period, except in the case of the Biological
Sciences where the minimum request must be for $500,000 over
a five-year period (approximately $100,000/year). Cost-sharing
is not required or allowed.
The New Orleans workshop will be designed to assist eligible faculty in further developing their proposal ideas prior to the CAREER Program’s July 2009 proposal deadlines (dates in July vary by NSF Directorate). The latest Program guidelines (NSF 08-557) can be downloaded at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08557
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FYI – Previous QEM/NSF CAREER workshops
took place May 30-21, 2008 in Washington,
DC; February 9-10, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV; February
10-11, 2006 in
Memphis, TN; and February 4-5, 2005 in Washington, DC.
View May 2008 Washington, DC Workshop AGENDA/Presentations
View February 2006 Memphis Workshop Agenda/Presentations
February 27-28, 2009 • Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
AGENDA