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CUR Dialogues 2010
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Pockets of the North Eastern United States are expected to experience winter weather conditions that may make travel to the 2010 CUR Dialogues difficult. CUR would prefer you not put your safety in jeopardy while traveling to the conference. Due to the close proximity to the meeting dates and the financial commitment made to the Hamilton Crowne Plaza CUR will be unable to issue refunds for individuals who choose not to attend due to weather conditions. We thank you for your understanding and sincerely hope you will join us in Washington, DC.
CUR Dialogues 2010
February 25-27, 2010
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Held February 25-27, 2010 CUR
Dialogues is designed to bring faculty and administrators to
Washington, D.C. to interact with federal agency
program officers and other grant funders.
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Additional Programming
February 27-28, 2010
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CUR will offer a number of additional workshops February 27-28, 2010. These workshops have a registration fee in addition to that of the conference, or can be attended independently. Topics include: Ethical and Responsible Research Practices; Proposal Writing: Beyond the Basics; one offering in the Sciences, and one for the Social Sciences and Humanities. These offerings run concurrently.
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Hamilton Crowne Plaza
14th & K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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Plenary Speakers:
Dr. Richard Rifkind & Mrs. Carole Rifkind, Filmmakers, Naturally Obsessed: The
Making of a Scientist
Plenary will include Film presentation, and Discussion
Naturally Obsessed gives a highly dramatic view of life in a molecular biology lab, following three graduate students and their mentor for over three years. The film documents their acculturation into science, the emotional ups and downs of research, and finally, their discovery of the molecular mechanism of the AMPK protein -- a hot target because of its potential for treatment of type two diabetes and obesity. The film was directed by Dr. Richard Rifkind, Chairman Emeritus of the Sloan-Kettering Institute, who with his wife, Carole, “wanted to make science more transparent and build deeper public appreciation for the doing of science.”
Tom Dower, Senior Climate Advisor, U.S.Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
"Climate Change and the Legislative Landscape"
Scott Jaschik, Editor, Inside Higher Ed
"Challenges in Higher Education Today: How Undergraduate Research Relates"
Tom Wenzel, Professor of Chemistry, Bates College
"Initiating and Sustaining a Research Program at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution"
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Workshops and plenary
sessions will:
tell
participants about grant opportunities in research and
education, both new and ongoing;
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assist
faculty learn how to find new funding opportunities;
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assist
faculty develop grant proposal writing skills.
Participants
will:
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meet
in small groups and talk with program officers and grants
management officers -- NSF, NIH, NEH, NEA, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Ed. and
more;
take
the opportunity to communicate directly with program
officers and grants administrators concerning grant
requirements and funders’ priorities;
share
ideas with colleagues.
In addition, CUR
Dialogues provides a setting for funders to learn of the
interests, needs, and concerns of researchers and educators
relative to funding opportunities. CUR Dialogues have
spawned many ideas for grant programs, and has helped
agencies to refine their program guidelines.
Who should
attend:
Faculty at
all career stages; undergraduate research directors; grants
administrators; development officers.
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Our
maximum capacity is 350. If we have met our cap, you
will get an auto response informing you that currently you
are on a wait list. Your credit card will not be
charged. When applying on-line, if you do
not get the wait list message, then the meeting still has
room. If you're paying by check you will receive an email if
you have been placed on the wait list.
Please note that the cancellation deadline is February 12, 2010. All cancellations must be received in the National Office in writing by this date, and are subject to a $50.00 processing charge. Any cancellations made after this date will not receive a refund. Tranfers occuring before February 12, 2010 will not be assessed the $50.00 processing charge. For registrations made on or after February 12, 2010, the cancellation deadline is 10 days after the registration date.
CUR recommends that all
our registrants to all our meetings purchase travel
insurance in the event of a health problem or other
emergency. Travel insurance not only covers the cost
of your airfare but will also reimburse your registration
fee.
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MAILING
ADDRESS
Council
on Undergraduate Research
Attn:
CUR Dialogues
734
15th Street NW, Suite 550
Washington,
DC 20005
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Council on Undergraduate Research | 734 15th St. N.W. Suite 550 Washington, DC 20005
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