Quality Education for Minorities (QEM)
Network
Proposal Development Workshop for Research
Initiation Awards (RIA) Track in the
National Science Foundation’s
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
and its Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport
Hotel
7832 Elm Road, Baltimore, MD 21240
January 27-28, 2012
AGENDA
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
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AM
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8:30
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Registration
and Continental Breakfast
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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9:00
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Welcome, Introductions, Review of Workshop
Purpose Meeting
Packet, and Agenda
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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9:15
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Overview of the National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Overview of the Research Initiation
Awards (RIA) Track
Claudia
Rankins, Program Director, HBCU-UP
Division of Human Resource
Development
Directorate for Education
and Human Resources
National
Science Foundation
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9:45
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Establishing, Managing, and Sustaining
a Research Program
Casonya
Johnson, Associate Professor of Biology
Georgia
State University, and QEM Consultant
Garrick
Louis, Associate Professor, Department of
Systems and Information Engineering, University
of Virginia, and QEM Consultant
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10:45
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Break
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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11:00
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Suggestions for Consideration When
Seeking a Research Mentor
Wayne
Lutters, Associate Professor
Department
of Information Systems. College of
Engineering and Information Technology, University of
Maryland Baltimore County, and QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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11:15
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The Role of Faculty in the Mentoring of
Students
Carla
Mattos, Professor
Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern
University, and QEM Consultant
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11:30
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The Preparation of Timelines and
Budgets for RIA Proposals
Wayne
Lutters, QEM Consultant
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NOON
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12:00
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Working Lunch
Panel: RIA Grantees and QEM
Leadership Development Institute Fellows
Discuss Their Research Experiences and Lessons Learned
Anne Osano, Assistant Professor,
Biology, Department of Natural Science
Bowie
State University
Kimberley Kendricks, Associate
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Central
State University
Natalie Arnett, Assistant
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fisk University
Moderator:
Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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1:30
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Research Opportunities at NSF-funded Centers
Judi Brown Clarke, Diversity Director
BEACON
Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
Michigan
State University
James
McGonigle, Director of Education and Outreach
Nano/Bio
Interface Center (NBIC)
University
of Pennsylvania
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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2:30
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Break
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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3:30
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Concurrent Sessions by Discipline (See Assignment Sheet)
Focus:
Initial Discussion of Project Summaries
Discussion
of Timelines, Budgets, and Potential Host Research Sites
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5:30
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Working Dinner
Topic:
Preparation of Promotion and Tenure Packages
Speaker:
Carlos Castillo Chavez, Regents’ Professor and
Joaquin Bustoz, Jr., Professor of Mathematical Biology
Arizona State University
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Crane
C
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Overnight
Assignment: Participants revise their project summaries based
on initial feedback and the day’s discussion.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
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AM
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8:00
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Buffet Breakfast
Participants
obtain printed copies of revised project summaries for QEM and their
Concurrent Session Consultant
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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8:30
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NSF’s Merit Review Criteria and
Proposal Review Process
J. Arthur Jones, Senior
Associate, QEM Network
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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9:00
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Integration of Teaching and Research
Carlos
Castillo Chavez, QEM Consultant
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9:30
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Concurrent Sessions (Same
locations)
Focus:
Discussion of Revised Project Summaries, Timelines, and Budgets
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10:30
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Ethical Considerations in the Conduct
of Research
Garrick Louis, QEM
Consultant
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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11:00
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Break
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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11:15
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-Assessment, Evaluation, and
Dissemination Plans
for
RIA Proposals
Carla
Mattos, QEM Consultant
Wayne Lutters, QEM Consultant
-Data Management Plan
Wayne Lutters, QEM Consultant
Carla
Mattos, QEM Consultant
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Chesapeake
Ballroom
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NOON/PM
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12:00
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Working Lunch Buffet
Informal
Table Discussion of Assessment, Evaluation, and Dissemination Plans
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Chesapeake
Foyer
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1:00
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Next Steps: Opportunities/Challenges After
Receiving an RIA Chesapeake Ballroom
Casonya Johnson, QEM Consultant
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1:30
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Closing
Comments and Discussion of Next Steps
NSF
Program Officers, QEM Consultants, and QEM Senior Staff
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2:00
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Using
NSF’s FastLane System for Proposal
Submission
Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, Computer and
Information Specialist
Office
of Information and Resource Management, NSF (retired),
and
QEM Consultant
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3:30
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Adjournment
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