QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³) Effort

Regional Outreach Workshop for Minority-serving Institutions

Embassy Suites Los Angeles International Airport North

9801 Airport Boulevard • Los Angeles, CA 90045 • 310/215-1000

April 3-4, 2009

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

AGENDA

Purpose: To ensure that minority-serving institutions are more aware of the I³ effort and to offer

assistance in the development of their ideas for FY 2009 I³ proposals.

Friday, April 3

AM

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome, Purpose, and Introduction of Institutional Teams

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

9:15 -Overview of the I³ Effort

Goals

Participating NSF programs

Eligibility and limit on number of proposals

-Merit Review Criteria and Special I³ Review Criteria

· Intellectual Merit

· Broader Impact

· Institutional Integration Goals

· Track record of existing awards on which integration is based

· Degree of Innovation

· Programming, policies, and practices that sustain

institutional changes needed for ongoing synergy

Kathleen Bergin, Program Director, Math and Science Partnerships,

Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

Directorate for Education & Human Resources (EHR), and Member,

I-cubed Coordinating Committee

National Science Foundation (NSF)

10:15 Break

10:30 -Strengths and Weaknesses of Funded/Unfunded I³ Proposals

2008 I³ Proposal Themes

2008 I³ Examples of Funded Projects

Common Weaknesses

-Expectations for I³ Proposals:

Implementation Project Proposals

· Vision and anticipated outcomes

· Plan for achieving outcomes

· Results from existing projects on which proposed integration is based

· Management plan and timeline

· Evaluation plan that addresses effectiveness of strategies

· Process for collection and analysis of relevant student data

Research Project Proposals

· Brief review of literature that informs proposed research

· Methodology and alignment with strategic research questions

• Articulation of logic among research questions, methods,
analyses, inferences, and evidence

Funding Request and Due Dates for Proposals

Kathleen Bergin, DUE, EHR, NSF

11:30 Project Evaluation

Costello Brown, Former Dean of Graduate Studies and

Research and (Retired) Professor of Chemistry

California State University-Los Angeles, and QEM Consultant

NOON

12:00 Lunch

PM

1:00 Budget Preparation – Things to Consider

Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

1:45 Discussion by Institutional Teams of Potential Integration of

Their Active STEM Projects

Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

3:15 Break

3:30 Institutional Teams Meet to Initiate Preparation of One-page Project Summary

with Feedback/Suggestions from Workshop Presenters and QEM Senior Staff

6:00 Adjournment - Dinner (on your own)

Overnight Assignment: Institutional teams finalize their One-page Project

Summary for Presentation on Day Two

Saturday, April 4

AM

9:00 FIRE UP (Faculty Integration, Research, and Engagement in Urban Polynesia) (FY 2008 I³ Award)

John Rand, Co-Principal Investigator

Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii

10:00 Updates by Institutional Teams on Potential Integration of STEM Projects

Facilitator: Costello Brown, QEM Consultant

10:30 Break

10:45 Continuation of Updates by Institutional Teams on

Potential Integration of STEM Projects

Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Senior Associate

11:45 Discussion of Next Steps Institutional Teams Plan to Take

Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

NOON

12:15 Working Lunch and Adjournment