QEM Presentations
at Minority Serving Institutions Research Partnership Conference
(MSIRP), May 13, 2008 MCBAYJONES QEM/HBCU-UP
STEM STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP • New
Orleans, LA • June
6-7, 2008 AGENDA
ALERT: Full
Proposal Deadline (due by 5 p.m. proposer's
local time): December
07, 2007 for Implementation Projects, Planning Grants, Targeted Infusion Projects, and
Education Research Projects
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S
HBCU-UP CURRENT AND POTENTIAL GRANTEES
QEM has received
support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide technical
assistance to current and potential grantees in the Foundation's
Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program
(HBCU-UP).
The goal of HBCU-UP is to strengthen the Nation's workforce by enhancing the
quality of undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) programs at HBCUs.
HBCU-UP seeks to strengthen the undergraduate STEM programs at HBCUs by providing
support in several areas, including: curricular reform and enhancement;
faculty professional development; student support; research experiences
for undergraduates; and scientific instrumentation to improve instruction.
Support from NSF is enabling the QEM Network to:
Conduct workshops prior to the HBCU-UP
Program’s annual deadline for representatives from eligible institutions to help improve the quality of multi-year and planning grant proposals submitted to the Foundation’s
HBCU-UP Program;
Conduct a follow-up workshop annually for QEM workshop institutions submitting proposals in the annual competition to discuss next steps, whether or not their proposals were successful;
Provide on-site technical assistance to multi-year HBCU-UP award recipients linked to critical needs identified during implementation of their HBCU-UP Projects;
Complete follow-up work for the August 2004 Mathematics Curriculum Development Workshop for institutions with HBCU-UP multi-year awards;
Conduct a workshop, focused on student professional development, for faculty at institutions with HBCU-UP multi-year awards in Project Year Two and an Assessment and Evaluation Workshop in Project Year Three; and
Maintain a listserv for HBCU-UP Project Directors
as well as links at QEM’s Website to potential sources of
federal and non-federal support to assist grantee institutions
in sustaining and institutionalizing the successful elements of
their HBCU-UP projects as HBCU-UP funding ends.
For further information regarding the QEM/HBCU-UP Technical Assistance Project, please feel free to contact Shirley McBay at smmcbay1@qem.org or Althea Burns at aburns@qem.org or via telephone at 202/659-1818.
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