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Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Workshop

for the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Marriott Las Vegas Suites • 325 Convention Center Drive • Las Vegas, NV

February 19-20, 2010

AGENDA

THURSDAY, February 18

7:00 PM Early Registration and Reception

Early Registration 17^th Floor Foyer

Reception Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

FRIDAY, February 19

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

8:30 Opening Plenary Session Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

9:00 Overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Review of Purpose of NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Sonia Esperanca, Program Director
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)

Directorate for the Geosciences (GEO), and

Chair, CAREER Coordinating Committee

9:45 Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded CAREER Proposals

Parag Chitnis, Deputy Division Director

Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Division

Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

10:15 “What I Learned on My Way to Tenure”

Brian Blake, Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives

College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions

Research and Education Components of Participants’ Proposed Project Summaries

Session I: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Lake Mead, 17^th Floor

Parag Chitnis, Deputy Division Director, MCB

Tracy Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

University of California, San Diego, and CAREER Award Recipient

Susan Whitsett, Einstein Distinguished Fellow, MCB/BIO

Session II: Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

Laughlin, Second Floor and Red Rock, 17^th Floor

Tyrone Mitchell, Program Director, Division of Chemistry, MPS

Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor, Department of Chemistry

University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

Edward Thomas, Jr., Professor, Department of Physics

Auburn University and CAREER Award Recipient

Session III: Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Mt. Charleston, 17^th Floor

Andreas Weisshaar, Program Director, Division of Electrical,

Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS), ENG

Omnia El-Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach, ENG

Garrick Louis, Associate Professor, Department of Systems and

Information Engineering, The University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant

Session IV: Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)

Lone Mountain, First Floor

Almadena Chtchelkanova, Program Director

Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), CISE

Brian Blake, University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant

Session V: Directorate for the Geosciences (GEO) 17^th Floor Foyer

Sonia Esperanca, Program Director, Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)/GEO

Session VI: Education and Human Resources (EHR) and

Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorates

Mesquite, Second Floor

Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program Director

Division of Undergraduate Education, Math Science Partnerships (DUE/MSP

Division of Research on Learning (DRL)/EHR

Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network

NOON/PM

12:00 Luncheon Buffet 17^th Floor Foyer

1:00 Plenary Session Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

- Strengths and Weaknesses of K-12 Outreach Plans in

some funded CAREER Projects

Susan Whitsett, MCB/BIO, NSF

- Preparation of the Education Plan in a CAREER Proposal

Tracy Johnson, University of California, San Diego, and QEM Consultant

- Preparation of CAREER Project Summary, Narrative, and Budget

Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

2:15 Plenary Session

- Integrating Research into Teaching – “Best Practices”

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant

- Effective Mentoring of Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Edward Thomas, Jr., Auburn University, and QEM Consultant

- Criteria Used in the Evaluation of NSF and CAREER Proposals

Costello Brown, QEM Network

3:15 Coffee Break

3:30 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions (Same Room Locations)

Refinement of Project Summaries/Proposal Ideas by Individual Faculty Members

5:30 Adjournment

Dinner on Your Own

SATURDAY, February 20

8:30 Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

9:00 Six Concurrent Directorate-focused Sessions (Same Room Locations)

Presentation of Updates of Project Summaries/Proposal Ideas

by Individual Faculty

10:30 Break

10:45 Plenary Session: Requirements for Research on Human Subjects

Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network

11:15 Use of NSF’s FastLane for Submitting Proposals/Required Reports

Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part A)

Evelyn Baisey-Thomas (Part B), Computer Specialist

Division of Information Systems

Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF (Retired)

12:15 Luncheon Buffet 17^th Floor Foyer

1:15 Plenary Session Grand Ballroom, 17^th Floor

- Post-Award Responsibilities

J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

- The Promotion and Tenure Process

Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

2:15 Remaining Questions from Participants and Closing Comments

2:45 Adjournment