8:00 AM  Introduction and Welcome   [ PPT ]
    – Edwin Abbott (Senior Associate, Centers Development Initiative)
    – Richard Anderson (Acting Office Head, EPSCoR)
    – Randall Haley (Director, Centers Development Initiative)

8:30 AM  Overview of NSF Activities in Support of Materials Research   [ PDF ]
    – Lance Haworth (Executive Officer, Division of Materials Research, NSF)

9:00 AM  NSF MRSEC program   [ PPT ]
    – Ulrich Strom (Program Director, MRSEC, NSF)

9:30 AM  Q&A and Discussion Session – National Science Foundation
    – Ulrich Strom (Program Director, MRSEC, NSF)
    – Maija Kukla (Program Director, MRSEC, NSF)
    – Lance Haworth (Executive Officer, Division of Materials Research, NSF)

10:15 AM  Break and Networking Session

11:00 AM  "So You Want to Run a Center?"   [ PPT ]
    – Dan Edie (Director, Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films [NSF ERC], Clemson University)

12:00 PM  Lunch

1:00 PM  Best Practices Panel Discussion

      Introduction from Panel Chair   [ PPT ]
        – Shaik Jeelani (Vice President for Research, Tuskegee University)

      MRSECs as Vehicles for Integrating Research and Education
        – Arthur Ellis (Director, Chemistry Division, NSF [and Former Coordinator, Education and Outreach, MRSEC on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, University of Wisconsin])

      Outreach Activities
        – Ellen Williams (Director, Center for Oxide Thin Films, Probes and Surfaces, University of Maryland)

      Building a MRSEC Proposal with a Partner University   [ PDF ]
        –  Gregory Salamo (Co-Director, Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures, University of Arkansas/University of Oklahoma)

      How Do You Get Others to Work for Your Center - Fostering Industrial and Other Outreach Activities   [ PPT ]
        – Marek Urban (Director, Center for Response-Driven Polymeric Films, University of Southern Mississippi)

      Q&A and Discussion Session – MRSEC Directors   [ PPT ]

4:00 PM  Networking Session

4:30 PM  Workshop Concludes