NSF Grants Workshop Helps Researchers Become Competitive

The OK EPSCoR NSF Grants Workshop will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Thurman J. White Forum on the University of Oklahoma Campus in Norman.  This annual event is designed to encourage an increase in the quality and quantity of proposals submitted by Oklahoma researchers to the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies.

The workshop provides Oklahoma researchers and grant writers with information on funding opportunities available to them, including those from state and federal funding agencies such as NSF, DOD, DOE, NIH and OCAST .

Dr. Alicia Knoedler, University of Oklahoma assistant vice president for research and director of the OU Center for Research Program Development and Enrichment, is a scheduled presenter at the conference.  She will address the logistics of submitting grants for review, while also addressing the “culture-and-relationship-building reality check” that new faculty members need to come out on top of the grant process.  Michael Heppler, assistant director of Graduate College Student Academic Services at Oklahoma State University, will present an overview of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship process and offer proven strategies for successful fellowship/scholarship applications.  Also presenting at the conference are Dan Luton, programs director, OCAST; and Gregory R. Rorrer, National Science Foundation “Energy for Sustainability” programs director, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems.  The one-day event will conclude with small-group Q&A sessions hosted by these leaders in their respective fields.

Faculty, researchers, postdoctoral associates and graduate students from all Oklahoma research and education institutions are invited to attend.  The event is provided free of charge to participants, but registration is required.   To register, visit www.okepscor.org and access the link at the bottom of the page.  Registration deadline is April 10.

The NSF Grants Workshop is hosted by Oklahoma EPSCoR, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the National Science Foundation.

For more information, contact Gina Miller, outreach coordinator, at 405.744.7645 or gmiller@okepscor.org.

Registration for the workshop is now closed.  For more event information, visit our calendar page here.

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