Please note: Plenary Presentations will be published in the Summer 2009 CUR Quarterly.

Friday April 3, 2009

National Science Foundation, Advanced Technology Education, Gerhard Salinger, Program Director, NSF. -- PowerPoint Presentation Poster Handout

American Psychological Foundation, Emily Leary, Program Officer, APF. -- Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Jose Fernandez, Program Manager, www.grantsnet.org. -- PowerPoint Presentation

NSF Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI), Thomas J. Wenzel, Professor of Chemistry, Bates College -- PowerPoint Presentation

Fulbright Scholars Program, Anne Clift Boris, Senior Program Officer for Research and Program Assessment, Council for International Exchange of Scholars. -- PowerPoint Presentation

Grants from the Research Corporation, Moses Lee, Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences, Hope College. -- PowerPoint Presentation

National Institutes of Health, Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Program, Jean Chin, Program Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH. -- PowerPoint Presentation

National Science Foundation, Biological Sciences Directorate, Alan Savitzky, Program Director, Division of Biological Infrastructure, NSF. -- PowerPoint Presentation

National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division, Carol A. Bessel, Program Director, Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program, NSF. -- PowerPoint Presentation

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Claire Cornell, Program Officer, FIPSE, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. -- Handout 1 Handout 2

National Science Foundation, Connie Kubo Della-Piana, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF and Gabriel M. Della-Piana, Evaluation Consultant, Arlington, Virginia. -- Handout 1 Handout 2

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Patricia Soochan, Program Officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. -- PowerPoint Presentation

National Science Foundation, Physics Division, Kathleen McCloud, Program Director, Education and Interdisciplinary Research Program, NSF. -- PowerPoint Presentation

American Educational Research Association, George Wimberly, Director of Social Justice and Professional Development, AERA. -- PowerPoint Presentation

National Science Foundation, Bert Holmes, Program Officer, Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF. -- PowerPoint Presentation

Panel: Integrating Undergraduate Research into Faculty Workload. Moderator: Thomas J. Wenzel, Bates College. Panelists: Jeffrey M. Osborn, Dean, School of Science, The College of New Jersey, and President, Council on Undergraduate Research; Gerardo Gonzalez, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice President for Research, California State University - San Marcos; and Susan Y. Lehman, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics, The College of Wooster. -- Handout

Saturday April 4, 2009

Hints for Proposal Writing - How Good is "Good"? Making your pitch at four levels of review, Thomas Blackburn , Independent Consultant. -- PowerPoint Presentation Handout

Responsible Conduct of Research at PUI's, Linda Freed , Director, Office of Grants and Faculty Development, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Franci Farnsworth, Coordinator of Sponsored Research, Middlebury College. -- Handout

Not Science as Usual: The AAAS Science and Technology Fellowship Program, Daniel Poux, Project Director, AAAS Science and Policy Programs, Dr. Jim Brown, Wabash College, Dr. Chris Cannizzaro, Tufts University, Dr. Mark Kirk, University of Missouri, and Dr. James LaGro, University of Wisconsin. -- Handout