TENTATIVE AGENDA
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| Keynote Address: "Addressing Grand Societal Challenges Requires Change in Conduct of Research: The Role of NIFA in ‘Assisting’ the Change" | Roger Beachy, National Institute of Food and Agriculture | 8:30 -10:00 a.m. |
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| NSF Programs in the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate: Educating the Public and the Next Generation of Scientific and Technical Workers | Richard Norris, STLCC; David Hanych, NSF, EHR-DRL | 10:15 -11:45 a.m. |
| The Challenge of Funding Interdisciplinary Research: An Agency Perspective | 10:15 -11:45 a.m. | |
| Local Community Partnerships | Marty Galganski and Bob Coulter, Missouri Botanical Gardens; Cindy Encarnación, St. Louis Science Center; John Chick and Susan Czerwinski, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center | 10:15 -11:45 a.m. |
| Fulbright International Research and Teaching Exchange Programs | Andrew Riess, IIE; Joseph Stimpfl, Webster; Grant Chapman, Webster | 10:15 -11:45 a.m. |
| NIH Small Group Meetings | Aileen Schulte, NIH, NIMH | 10:15 -11:45 a.m. |
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| STEM Education: Challenges, Solutions, and Partnership Models | Sharon Locke, SIUE STEM Center; Dana Benedicktus, WUSTL Science Outreach; David Hanych, NSF, EHR-DRL | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
| Good Grantsmanship | Karen Dodson, WUSTL; Kate Woerheide, WUSTL | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
| Interdisciplinary Collaborations and How to Find Them | Kristi Holmes, Becker Medical Library, WUSTL; Holly Falk-Krzesinski, NUCATS, Northwestern University | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
| Industry and University Research Partnerships | Donald Senich, NSF, ENG-IIP Kevin Hubbard, SIUE-SIAM Kristine Jarden, SIUE- EC Nasser Arshadi, UMSL | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
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| NSF CAREER and PECASE: Aspects of Successful Proposals | Sonya Bahar, UMSL | 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
| NIH "State of Funding" Address | Aileen Schulte, NIH, NIMH; Ming Lei, NIH, NCI | 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
| Topics in Energy and Sustainability Research | Alan Tessier, NSF; Donald Senich, NSF; Himadri Pakrasi, WUSTL iCARES; Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu, UMSL Center for Nanoscience | 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
| Beyond Digitization Digital Humanities as a Mode of Research | Helen Cullyer, Mellon Foundation; Jim Ginther, SLU; Joe Loewenstein, WUSTL; Jonathan Sawday, SLU; Perry Trolard, WUSTL | 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
| Best Practices in Community Collaborations: Exploring What Works (and What Doesn't) | David Wilson, East-West Gateway; | 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
| Networking Reception | ||