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
on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31, 2008,
at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.
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.
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.
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 2007; (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.
There is no limit on the number of proposals that an institution may submit.
The Washington, DC workshop
is designed to assist eligible faculty in further developing
their proposal ideas prior to the July 20-24,
2008 deadlines (deadlines vary by discipline) for the CAREER
Program.
The latest Program guidelines (NSF 08-557) can be downloaded
at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08557/nsf08557.htm.
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 CAREER-eligible
faculty from a given institution who are eligible to receive
QEM support. Additional/other faculty may participate at
their or their institution’s expense.
Contact Shirley
McBay (smmcbay1@qem.org),
Project Director if additional information is needed. She can be
reached by telephone at 202/659-1818
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FYI – Previous workshops took
place February 9-10, 2007 in Las
Vegas, NV; February 10-11, 2006 in
Memphis, TN; and February 4-5, 2005 in Washington, DC.
See
February 2007 Las Vegas AGENDA/Presentations
View February 2006 Memphis Agenda/Presentations
See
February 2005 Wash., DC Agenda/Presentations