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IGERT Assistance Workshop
(IGERT = Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship)

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IGERT Assistance Workshop
March 29, 2004 | Embassy Suites Alexandria, Alexandria, VA

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Introduction / Workshop Preview
            Rand Haley (EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative)

8:30 AM Introduction to NSF IGERT
            Lenore Clesceri (Acting Program Director for IGERT, National Science Foundation)

Morning IGERT Session:
Developing Competitive IGERT Proposals and Programs – EPSCoR Universities

9:00 AM IGERT Presentation
            Paul Russo (Louisiana State University) –
             “Teaching Craft for Macromolecular Creativity” [2000 cohort]

9:45 AM IGERT Presentation
            Lon Mathias (University of Southern Mississippi) –
             “Entrepreneurship at the Interface of Polymer Science and Medicinal Chemistry” [2003 cohort]

10:30 AM Networking Break

11:00 AM IGERT Presentation
            Shaik Jeelani (Tuskegee University) –
             “Multidisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training in Nanomaterials Science and Engineering” [2003 cohort]

11:45 AM Morning Panel Q&A
            (NSF: Clesceri; PIs: Russo, Mathias, and Jeelani; Jennings; Moderator: Haley)

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM Competing for NSF IGERT
            Wyn Jennings (Former Program Director for NSF IGERT; Currently at DHS)

Afternoon IGERT Session:
Developing Competitive IGERT Proposals and Programs – Non-EPSCoR Universities

2:00 PM IGERT Presentation
            James White (University of Colorado-Boulder) –
             “Graduate Training in Carbon, Climate and Society” [2000 cohort]

2:45 PM IGERT Presentation
            David Mark (SUNY-Buffalo) –
             “Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training in Geographic Information Science” [1998 & 2003 cohorts]

3:30 PM Networking Break

4:00 PM IGERT Presentation
            Vipin Chaudhary (Wayne State University) –
             “Interdisciplinary Traineeship in High Performance Computing Applications” [2000 cohort]

4:45 PM Afternoon Panel Q&A
            (NSF: Clesceri; PIs: White, Mark, and Chaudhary; Jennings; Moderator: Haley)

5:30 PM Workshop Concludes

EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) - an EPSCoR Foundation initiative funded by the National Science Foundation