Faculty and researchers in the College of Natural Sciences are invited to attend this grant funding workshop featuring program directors from key funding agencies including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Pursuing New Frontiers: Grant Funding Workshop
January 13, 2023
Lory Student Center, Ballroom D
8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
This workshop will be conducted in two parts. In the morning we will listen to presentations from each program director on their agency and division programs, special initiatives, and funding opportunities, followed by Q&A. In the afternoon, breakout sessions led by the program directors will provide opportunities for further discussion and review of one-page Specific Aims proposals or feedback on panel summaries from previously submitted proposals that will be collected from participants prior to the event.
Agenda
8:30-9:00 a.m. — Check-in, light breakfast
9:00-9:10 a.m. — Welcome Remarks9:10-9:40 a.m. — Junping Wang, NSF – Mathematical Sciences9:45-10:10 a.m. — Shing Ho, NSF – Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences10:15-10:40 a.m. — Anne Cleary, NSF – Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
10:40-11:00- a.m. — Coffee break
11:00-11:25 a.m. — Theodore Morgan, NSF – Integrative Organismal Systems11:30 a.m.-11:55 p.m. — Michael Berman, AFOSR – Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry12:00–12:25 p.m. — Jianhua Xu, NIH (NIGMS) – Cell Biology and F32 / T32 postdoctoral fellowships
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. — Networking Lunch
2:00-4:00 p.m. — Breakout sessions
- Junping Wang, Room 322
- Shing Ho, Room 324
- Anne Cleary, Room 304
- Theodore Morgan, Room 306
- Michael Berman, Room 310
- Jianhua Xu, Room 312
