National Science Foundation (NSF)’s

Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³) Initiative

Proposal Follow-up Workshop

Embassy Suites BWI Airport • 1300 Concourse Drive • Linthicum, MD • 410/850-0747

 

Note: Participants are expected to take advantage of the Hotel’s free breakfast.

Purpose: To assist institutions that were represented at one of the QEM 2008-2009 regional outreach workshops for the National Science Foundation’s I³ initiative and submitted a proposal in the August 2009 competition, in either preparing for successful I³ project implementation or helping them to identify ways they might revise their proposals for re-submission in the next I³ competition.

 

SATURDAY, May 22

 

AM

8:30      Registration                                                                                      Heathrow

 

8:45      Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Purpose and Agenda         Heathrow

                        Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

                        Diane Spresser, Expert, Office of the Assistant Director

                                 Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), NSF

 

9:00      The Intellectual Merit Review Criterion

               Participants Discuss Intellectual Merit Described in Their Proposals

                        Facilitator: Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor of Chemistry

                                          University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

 

9:30      The Broader Impacts Merit Review Criterion

               Participants Discuss Broader Impacts Described in Their Proposals

                        Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

9:45      Presentation on I³ Project:

               One-Stop Academic Student Integrated System (OASIS)

                        Magdy Attia, Co-Principal Investigator, and Dean

                                 College of Science, Technology, and Engineering

                                 Johnson C. Smith University

 

10:15      Coffee Break

 

10:30      Addressing Integrative Themes of I³

                        Diane Spresser, Expert, Office of the Assistant Director

                                 Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF

 

11:00      Three Concurrent Sessions (See Assignment Sheet)                                Suites (tbd)

               Sessions I-III:

               Discussion of Reviewer Comments with Institutional Teams

               Discussion of Key Proposal Components:

                                 Project Rationale, Goals, Objectives,

                                 Strategies, and Performance Indicators

                                 Project Management and Evaluation

 

               Session I Leader:      Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

               Session II Leader:    J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

               Session III Leader:   Shirley McBay, QEM President

 

NOON/PM

12:00      Luncheon                                                                                               Terrace–2^nd Floor

               Presentations by Principal Investigators of Two I-cubed Projects

                  Project: “City Tech I³ Incubator: Interdisciplinary Partnership for

                                 Laboratory Integration”

                  Speaker:    Bonne August, Provost, New York City College of Technology

 

                  Project: “Enhancing Global Research and Education in STEM

                                at Spelman College (G-STEM)”

                  Speaker: Johnnella Butler, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

                                 Spelman College

 

2:00      Three Concurrent Sessions (See Assignment Sheet)

               Sessions I-III:

               Discussion of Ways Institutional Teams Might Strengthen their Proposals

               Based on the Day’s Discussion

               Session I Leader:      Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

               Session II Leader:    J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

               Session III Leader:   Shirley McBay, QEM President

 

3:00      Summary Comments from NSF Representative,                                          Heathrow

               QEM Consultant and Staff, and Participants

                        Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

3:30      Adjournment