Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Planning and Multi-year Proposal Development Workshop for the

 National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)

The Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans Convention Center

315 Julia Street á New Orleans, LA 70130 á 504/525-1993

October 5-6, 2006

 

WORKSHOP PURPOSE

To assist participating institutions in further developing their ideas for planning and multi-year proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF)Ős Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). NSF staff, Project consultants and QEM staff will provide information and offer advice on ways institutional teams, prior to the FY 2007 Program deadline, might further develop ideas contained in project summaries they bring to the workshop.

 

Note: Participants are expected to take advantage of the free breakfast at this Hotel.

 

AGENDA

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5

 

AM

  8:00      Registration and Coffee                                                                   Bayou Jean Lafitte

                                                                                                                     Section 4, Sixth Floor

  8:30      Opening Plenary Session                                                   

   Welcome, Introductions, Review of Workshop Goal,

   Meeting Packet, and Agenda

                     Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

  8:45      Review of HBCU-UP Program Goals and Guidelines

               Strengths and Weaknesses in Funded/Non-funded HBCU-UP Proposals

                        Jessie DeAro, Program Director, HBCU-UP

            Division of Human Resource Development

                                    Education and Human Resources Directorate, NSF

 

  9:15      New HBCU-UP Project Opportunities: Education Research and

  Targeted Infusion Projects

                        Camille McKayle, Program Director, HBCU-UP

            Division of Human Resource Development

                                    Education and Human Resources Directorate, NSF

 

  9:45      Review of NSFŐs Merit Review Criteria and Process

                        William Sibley, QEM Consultant

 

10:15      Multi-year Grantees Share Their HBCU-UP Experiences: What Worked Well?

                                    What DidnŐt Work Well? Lessons Learned?

John Anderson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Oakwood College

Larry Mattix, Associate Dean, School of Science and Technology

            Norfolk State University

 

10:45      Coffee Break

 

11:00      Concurrent Sessions I:                                                       

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year)               Bayou Jean Lafitte

                                                                                                                                        Section 4

   Focus: Faculty Development Goals and Proposed Strategies

   from Project Summaries

   Discussion Leaders:

            Shirley McBay, QEM Network

            William Sibley, QEM Consultant

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year)                     Diamond A

 

               Focus: Accomplishments and Challenges from First Multi-year Grant

               Discussion Leaders:

                        Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor, Department of Chemistry

            University of Kentucky, and QEM Consultant

                        J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

  

   PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK                                                        Andrew JacksonŐs

                                                                                                                         Board Room

   Focus: Brief Presentations of Project Summaries

   Discussion Leaders:

            Arturo Bronson, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial

                        Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, and QEM Consultant

            Althea Burns, Associate and Conference Coordinator, QEM Network

 

NOON

12:00      Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session I for their Proposals

 

PM

12:30      Lunch                                                                                                                  Atrium

 

  1:30      Concurrent Sessions II: (Same Locations, Groupings of Institutions, and

                                                       Session Leaders as Concurrent Sessions I)

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals)

   Focus: Curriculum Reform, Student Support Goals, and Proposed Strategies

   from Project Summaries

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)

   Focus: Brief Presentations of Project Summaries

 

   PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK

   Focus: -Ways to Assess Institutional Needs and Establish Baselines,

       Benchmarks, and Indicators of Progress

   -Building Evaluation into Planning Proposals

 

  3:00      Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session II for their Proposed Projects

 

  3:30      Refreshment Break

 

  3:45      Concurrent Sessions III: (Same Locations, Groupings of Institutions, and

                                                        Session Leaders as Concurrent Sessions I and II)

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals)

   Focus: Project Management, Timeline, and Budget

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year Proposals)

   Focus: Discussion of "Value-Added" by the Proposed Projects

 

   PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK

   Focus: Ways to Strengthen Proposed Planning Projects

 

  5:00      Institutional Teams Discuss Implications of Session III for their Proposed Projects

 

  6:00      Dinner on Your Own

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6

 

AM

8:00        Coffee                                                                                                Bayou Jean Lafitte

 

8:30        Concurrent Sessions IV:

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (First-time Multi-year Proposals) and

   PLANNING PROPOSAL TRACK

   Focus: How to Use NSFŐs FastLane for Proposal Submissions and Reviews

   and for Submission of Project Progress and Financial Reports

            Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer Specialist

            Division of Information Systems

            Office of Information and Resource Management, NSF

 

   MULTI-YEAR PROPOSAL TRACK (Second-time Multi-year)                      Diamond A

               Focus: Potential Collaborations/Partnerships with Other Institutions

 

10:45      Refreshment Break

 

11:00      Institutional Teams Reflect on Sessions Attended and Discuss Implications for

               Their Proposal Ideas

PM

12:30      Lunch                                                                                                                   Atrium

 

  1:30      Discussion of Profile of FY2006 HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion

               and Education Research Awards                                                       Bayou Jean Lafitte

                                                                                                                                         Section 4

                        J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

 

  2:00      Discussion of ParticipantsŐ Ideas for Possible Targeted Infusion and/or

               Education Research Awards

 

  3:00      Plenary Session: Assessment and Evaluation

               Carole Morning, Director, Higher Education Extension Service

 

  4:00      -Summary Comments by Consultants and QEM Project Staff

   -Observations and Recommendations by Participants

   -Next Steps

 

  4:30      Adjournment