EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI)
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[ Link to CDI's March 2004 IGERT Workshop website ]

August 12, 2002 – Boulder, CO
On August 12, 2002, the CDI project ran a workshop focused on NSF’s Integrated Graduate Education Research and Traineeship (IGERT) program, whose next round of the competition has October 2, 2002 (required) pre-proposal and April 18, 2003 (invited) full-proposal deadlines. This workshop represented one of a growing portfolio of strategies being employed by the EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) to assist researchers at EPSCoR universities to better compete for NSF centers and other large-scale programs.

Attendance Stats:
-  29 participants from EPSCoR states attended the workshop – representing 14 EPSCoR states and 21 EPSCoR universities
-  4 Directors of successful, ongoing IGERTs (2 from the University of Colorado and 2 from EPSCoR universities [Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama]) participated as outside consultants
-  Wyn Jennings from NSF represented the IGERT program
-  3 individuals from the CDI project participated

Link to CDI Home Page

 Workshop Information
Important Deadlines
Preproposals (Required): October 2, 2002
Full Proposals (Invited): April 18, 2003

Links
-  FY 2003 NSF IGERT Program Solicitation
-  List of Funded IGERTs, by Institution
-  NSF IGERT Web site

Links to Presentations
-  Introduction / Workshop Preview - Rand Haley (Centers Development Initiative)
-  Presentation – NSF IGERT Program [In text format.] - Wyn Jennings (National Science Foundation)
-  Local IGERT Presentation and Student Q&A - Jim White (University of Colorado) – “Graduate Training in Carbon, Climate and Society”
-  Local IGERT Presentation and Visit - Dana Anderson (University of Colorado) – “Graduate Training in Optical Science and Engineering”
-  EPSCoR IGERT Presentation [Warning: File is very large (~ 20MB).] - Paul Russo (Louisiana State University) – “Teaching Craft for Macromolecular Creativity”
      Materials from Russo IGERT Proposal:
      bullet   Confidentiality policy
      bullet   LSU IGERT Preproposal: Project Summary, Project Description
      bullet   LSU IGERT Final Proposal
      bullet   LSU IGERT Reviews

bullet  EPSCoR IGERT Presentation - Amelia Ward (University of Alabama) – “Freshwater Graduate Studies Integrating Ecology, Hydrology, and Geochemistry in Regions with Contrasting Climates”


 Workshop Participants


Name Department University
Randall Haley Centers Development Initiative (CDI) EPSCoR Foundation
Edwin Abbott Centers Development Initiative (CDI) EPSCoR Foundation
Melvyn Ciment Centers Development Initiative (CDI) EPSCoR Foundation
Wyn Jennings Education and Human Resources (EHR) National Science Foundation
James White University of Colorado, Boulder
Dana Anderson University of Colorado, Boulder
Paul Russo Louisiana State University
Amelia Ward University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Bruce Dunlap Chemistry and Biochemistry and USC NanoCenter University of South Carolina
Joann Sullivan Office of Research Development Medical University of South Carolina
Eric Lacy Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Sciences Medical University of South Carolina
Don Christian Division of Biological Sciences University of Montana
Stephen Johnson Space Studies University of North Dakota
May Yuan Geography University of Oklahoma
Michael Herman Biology Kansas State University
Tisha Gilreath Mullen Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rex Gandy Physics University of Idaho
Derek Sears Center for Space and Planetary Science University of Arkansas
Donna Rizzo University of Vermont
Melanie Wetzel Division of Atmospheric Sciences Desert Research Institute
Jim Coleman Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Desert Research Institute
Adolph Beyerlein Department of Chemistry Clemson University
Marjorie Langell Department of Chemistry Unversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Charlotte Ownby Department of Physiological Sciences Oklahoma State University
Ana Guadalupe Dean of Graduate Studies and Research University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Peter Garrod Graduate Division University of Hawaii
Pat Zimmerman South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Sherry Farwell Dean of Graduate Education and Research South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Stephen Boss geosciences University of Arkansas
Van Brahana geosciences University of Arkansas
Ingrid Padilla civil engineering/marine sciences University of Puerto Rico
Rodney Soukup EE University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Shaik Jeelani Materials Science and Engineering Tuskegee University
Denver Tolliver Transportation & Logistics North Dakota State University
David Hilderbrand Graduate School/Research and Sponsored Programs South Dakota State University
Jeffrey French Psychology and Biology University of Nebraska at Omaha
Melinda Lalor Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Alabama at Birmingham


 Workshop Evaluations


Overview/Evaluation
A four-page overview of the recent CDI IGERT Assistance Workshop in Word format.

Overall, the workshop seemed to go very well, and much positive feedback was received from participants and the invited outside experts/consultants. The overview report characterizes the attendance, provides an agenda snapshot, and presents data from the evaluation forms that were returned at the end of the workshop.