A "Can't Miss" CUR Dialogues 2010

Held February 25-27, 2010, CUR Dialogues is designed to bring faculty and administrators to Washington, D.C. to interact with federal agency program officers and other grant funders. Program officers will talk about various programs that are specifically available to predominantly undergraduate institutions like ours. The Grants Office will help you to make it to DC by paying for registration and a travel stipend in the amount of $500 a piece to two faculty members interested in attending.

Workshops and Plenary Sessions will:

• tell participants about grant opportunities in research and education, both new and ongoing;
• assist faculty learn how to find new funding opportunities;
• assist faculty develop grant proposal writing skills.

Participants will:

• meet in small groups and talk with program officers and grants management officers -- NSF, NIH, NEH, NEA, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Ed, and more;
• take the opportunity to communicate directly with program officers and grants administrators concerning grant requirements and funders’ priorities;
• share ideas with colleagues.

In addition, CUR Dialogues provides a setting for funders to learn of the interests, needs, and concerns of researchers and educators relative to funding opportunities. CUR Dialogues has spawned many ideas for grant programs, and have helped agencies to refine their program guidelines.

Who should attend: Faculty at all career stages; undergraduate research directors; grants administrators; development officers.

Additional Programming: Please see the below optional workshops and events available throughout the program:

Dialogues participants will have on opportunity to participate in selected sessions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Grants Resource Center (GRC) conference at no extra charge. The GRC sessions are concurrent with the CUR sessions.

On Friday, February 26, CUR and GRC are co-hosting a reception to provide an opportunity to talk in small groups or individually with national education policy makers and agency heads to discuss research priorities, innovation, discovery, and high quality undergraduate research. Additional Registration Cost of $20.

Saturday, February 27 1:30-5:30pm:
Ethical and Responsible Research Practices – What Are They and Why They Are They Important This interactive workshop will explore responsible practices in scientific, qualitative, and humanistic research. Additional Registration Cost of $50.

Saturday, February 27, 2010 1:30 PM through Sunday, February 28, 9:00 AM – noon.
Proposal Writing: Beyond the Basics
Workshop 1: Research Grants in the Sciences
Workshop 2: Project and Curricular Proposals in Social Sciences and Humanities
Additional Registration Cost of $100.

For more information: Please visit: http://www.cur.org/10curdialogues/10cd.html



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