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| SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS: | Day One: Thurs., Feb 24 |
| Session | Presenter(s) and Power Point Link |
| Keynote Address | Roger Beachy |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | |
| 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 |
| The Challenge of Funding Interdisciplinary Research: An Agency Perspective | Alan Tessier, NSF, DEB |
| 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 |
| Fulbright International Research and Teaching Exchange Programs | Andrew Riess, IIE; Joseph Stimpfl, Webster; Grant Chapman, Webster |
| 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | |
| STEM Education: Challenges, Solutions, and Partnership Models | Sharon Locke, SIUE STEM Center; Dana Benedicktus, WUSTL Science Outreach; David Hanych, NSF, EHR-DRL |
| Good Grantsmanship | Karen Dodson, WUSTL; |
| Interdisciplinary Collaborations and How to Find Them | Kristi Holmes, Becker Medical Library, WUSTL; |
| Industry and University Research Partnerships | Donald Senich, NSF, ENG-IIP Kristine Jarden, SIUE- EC |
| 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. | |
| NSF CAREER and PECASE: Aspects of Successful Proposals | Sonya Bahar, UMSL Erin Chambers, SLU Jason Knouft, SLU Christa Johnson, SIUE, (NSF slides) |
| NIH "State of Funding" Address | Aileen Schulte, NIH, NIMH; Ming Lei, NIH, NCI |
| Topics in Energy and Sustainability Research | Alan Tessier, NSF; Donald Senich, NSF; Himadri Pakrasi, WUSTL iCARES; Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu, UMSL Center for Nanoscience |
| Beyond Digitization Digital Humanities as a Mode of Research | Jim Ginther, SLU; Joe Loewenstein, WUSTL; Jonathan Sawday, SLU; Perry Trolard, WUSTL |
| Best Practices in Community Collaborations: Exploring What Works (and What Doesn't) | David Wilson, East-West Gateway; Brendolyn Bailey-Burch, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, UMSL; Sarah Coffin, SLU; John Woolschlager, SLU |
| Day Two: Fri. Feb 25 | |
| 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | |
| Distinguishing Your T's, F's, and R's: An overview of NIH Training Mechanisms | Shawn Drew, NIH, NIGMS; |
| National Science Foundation: An Inside Look at the Review Process | Jerry Weinberg, SIUE; Ashok Agrawal, STLCC; Joel Eissenberg, SLU; Linda Warren, SLU; Alan J. Tessier, NSF |
| SBIR/STTRs | Bill Simon, CET; Francis Chmelir, MoFAST |
| St. Louis Applied Research Collaborative | Sarah Coffin, SLU; Andy Theising, SLU-IUR; Mark Tranel, UMSL-PPRC |
| 10:30 a.m. - noon | |
| The NIH Review Process: An Inside Look | Sarah Gehlert, WUSTL; Nicholas Davidson, WUSTL; John Tavis, SLU; Lynda Morrison, SLU |
| Fostering Commercial Innovation | Vicki Gonzalez, NIDUS; Eric Gulve, Biogenerator; Dennis Lower, Cortex; Ray Tait, SLU |
