2019 Chemistry Early Career Investigator Workshop

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Faculty beginning their independent careers often find the process of writing their first grant proposals to be challenging. Professors Dominik Konkolewicz of Miami University, Ohio, and Paula Diaconescu of the University of California, Los Angeles are organizing a workshop that seeks to provide new chemistry faculty insight into the proposal writing and reviewing process so that they can identify and develop strong research, education and outreach activities. Participants have the opportunity to network with each other as well as successful grant recipients and federal program officers from a variety of agencies. The participants engage in mock panels, research presentations, and other activities designed to provide them with a better understanding of how to put together a research plan that is ambitious, yet realistic and compelling. Broader impact criteria are also discussed in terms of educational activities, outreach, and technical applications to societal problems. The 2019 Chemistry Early Career Workshop, supported by the Division of Chemistry will be held on May 20-21, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia. This workshop will bring together 80 junior faculty from a broad range of institutions and demographics to discuss steps in strategically crafting research ideas, planning educational and outreach activities, and assessing and evaluating project aims. Potential participants can access more information (as it becomes available) at: https://blogs.miamioh.edu/early-career-investigator-workshop/. In addition an email address is also available: che.early.career.workshop.19@gmail.com.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.