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Thomas B. Higgins
Program Officer
Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education (EHR/DUE)
National Science Foundation

Tom Higgins is a rotating program officer and a professor of chemistry at Harold Washington College (HWC) in Chicago, IL. HWC is an urban community college with a majority of the student body from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. At HWC, Tom won the “Distinguished Professor” award and chaired the Department of Physical Sciences. He is active in the American Chemical Society and currently serves on the Society Committee on Education (SOCED). In 2015, he won the ACS Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences.
 

Stephanie E. August
Program Director
Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education (EHR/DUE)
National Science Foundation

Stephanie August is a rotating Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. She is a professor of computer science at Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, a private liberal arts institution in the Jesuit and Marymount tradition. Stephanie has served as department director of graduate studies and special assistant to the chief academic officer for graduate studies at LMU. Her industry experience with the Hughes Aircraft Company (now Raytheon) includes software development and system engineering for several defense programs and applied artificial intelligence research for military and medical applications.
 

Ellen M. Carpenter
Program Officer
Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education (EHR/DUE)
National Science Foundation

Dr. Ellen M. Carpenter is a permanent program officer in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation.  She is a co-lead for the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, and the discipline lead for Biology in the Division.  Prior to her arrival at the National Science Foundation in 2016, she was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles, where she served as the chair of the undergraduate Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience and as the Director of Outreach for the Brain Research Institute.

Location

10:00 - 10:15     Welcome and Introduction
10:15 - 10:45   Overview of National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Merit Review Process
10:45 - 11:00   Break
11:00 - 11:30   Funding Opportunities at Division of Undergraduate Education at NSF
11:30 - 12:30   Lunch and Principal Investigator Panel
12:30 - 2:00   Mock Panel Review
2:00 - 2:15   Wrap-up and Discussion
2:15 - 2:30   Q&A and Adjourn
2:30 - 2:45   Break
2:45 - 3:30   Short Meetings with Program Officers

This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to: 

  1. Learn about grant programs of interest to community colleges and Universities at the National Science Foundation – Division of Undergraduate Education,
  2. Hear from current Principal Investigators on tips and strategies for planning and developing a proposal, and 
  3. Participate on a mock review panel using a currently or previously funded proposals.

With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the National Science Foundation's ATE (Advanced Technological Education) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.

Madison College, Truax Campus
Room D1630
1701 Wright St.
Madison, WI 53704

Friday, June 30, 2017
10:00am - 3:15pm

Parking: Participants can park in the main student lot located at the corner of Anderson St. and Wright St. No parking permits are needed. The event is in the Main Campus building (see Walking Map).

Questions?  Contact Thomas Tubon (Tubon@madisoncollege.edu)

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