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Between 2003 and 2011, the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program provided technical assistance to Junior Faculty at Minority Institutions and Minority Junior Faculty at non-minority institutions to increase their participation and competitiveness in the CAREER Program.

Through the CAREER Program, NSF is seeking to sustain and strengthen the Nation’s science, mathematics, and engineering
capabilities and to promote the use of those capabilities in service to society. In particular, CAREER supports the early career development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. The minimum CAREER award, including indirect costs, totals $400,000 over a five-year period, except in the case of the Biological Sciences where the minimum request must be for $500,000 over a five-year period (approximately $100,000/year). Cost-sharing is not required or allowed.

To be eligible to submit a proposal to the CAREER Program, a faculty member must: (1) hold a doctoral degree in a field of science or engineering supported by NSF; (2) be untenured but on the tenure track as an assistant professor at her/his institution by October 1, 2011; (3) have not previously received a CAREER award; and (4) have not competed more than two times in the NSF CAREER Program. Applicants must be actively engaged in research and teaching.

MOST RECENT QEM/NSF CAREER WORKSHOPS

Location
Date
Agenda
Albuquerque, NM January 28-29, 2011
Las Vegas, NV February 19-20, 2010

NSF Contacts:
Chair: Theresa Maldonado: 703-292-8380
Co-Chair: Anita Lasalle: 703-292-5006

DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIO) Directorate Contacts:
Cort Anderson: 703-292-7191
David Spiller: 703-292-8417

Division of Environmental Biology (DEB): 703-292-8480
David Spiller: 703-292-8417

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS): 703-292-8420
Michael Mishkind: (703)292-8413, Room 677N

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB): 703-292-8440
Anne Grove: 703-292-5029

Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI): 703-292-8470
Cort Anderson: 703-292-7191

DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CISE)
Directorate Contacts:
Anita LaSalle: 703-292-5006
Dmitry Maslov: 703-292-8910

Division of Computing & Communication Foundations (CCF): 703-292-8970
Dmitry Maslov: 703-292-8910

Division of Computer & Network Systems (CNS): 703-292-8950
Anita LaSalle: 703-292-5006

Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): 703-292-8930
Vacant

DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES (EHR)
Directorate Contacts:
Elizabeth VanderPutten: 703-292-5147
Julio Lopez-Ferrao: 703-292-5183

Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
Julio Lopez-Ferrao: 703-292-5183

Division of Human Resource Development (HRD)
Mark Leddy: 703-292-4655
Jolene Jesse: 703-292-7303

DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING (ENG)
Directorate Contacts:
Rosemarie (Rose) Wesson: 703-292-7070
Theresa Maldonado: 703-292-5346

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET): 703-292-8320
Rosemarie Wesson: 703-292-7070

Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI): 703-292-8360
Mary Toney: (703)292-7008, Room 545

Division Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS): 703-292-8339
Dominique Dagenais: 703-292-2980

Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC): 703-292-8380
Susan C. Kemnitzer: 703-292-5347

DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES (GEO)
Directorate Contacts:
Sonia Esperanca: 703-292-8554
C. Susan Weiler: 703-292-4708

Division of Atmospheric and Geospatial Sciences (AGS): 703-292-8520
C. Susan Weiler: 703-292-4708

Division of Earth Sciences (EAR): 703-292-8550
Sonia Esperanca: 703-292-8554

Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE): 703-292-8580
Michelle Hall: 703-292-8475

OFFICE OF CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE (OCI)
Directorate Contacts:
Daniel S. Katz (703) 292-2254
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (OISE)
Directorate Contacts:
Carina Barth: 703-292-2251

DIRECTORATE FOR MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES (MPS)
Directorate Contacts:
Tomek Bartoszynski: 703-292-4885
Charles Ying: 703-292-8428

Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST): 703-292-8820
R. Scott Fisher: 703-292-8225

Division of Chemistry (CHE): 703-292-8840
James Lisy: 703-292-2251, room 1055S

Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS): 703-292-8870
Tomek Bartoszynski: 703-292-4885
Division of Materials Research (DMR): 703-292-8810
Charles Ying: 703-292-8428

Division of Physics (PHY): 703-292-8890
Kathy McCloud: 703-292-8236

OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS (OPP)

Office of Polar Programs (OPP): 703-292-8033
Vacant

DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES (SBE)
Directorate Contacts:
Niloy Bose: 703-292-8202
William Badecker: 703-292-5069

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS):
William Badecker: 703-292-5069

Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES):
Niloy Bose: 703-292-8202