This five-part workshop took place February 16 – March 12, 2021. (All times on the agenda are Eastern Time.)
- Day 1: Project Summaries
- Day 2: Project Description/Research Plan/ Intellectual Merit
- Day 3: Project Description/ Intellectual Merit/ Broader Impact
- Day 4: Budget and Budget Justification
- Day 5: Mock NSF Panel Review and Workshop Wrap-up
Session recordings and slides are posted next to each session title on the table below within three business days of each workshop day. (Only plenary sessions were recorded.)
| Day 1: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | ||
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1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
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Workshop Opening [Session Recording] Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, NSF/CISE Gurdip Singh, Division Director, NSF/CISE NSF CISE-MSI Program Directors |
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| 1:20 PM – 1:30 PM
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Workshop Overview Jacqueline El Sayed, Chief Academic Officer, ASEE |
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| 1:30 PM – 2:25 PM
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Positioning Your Research Team for Success/ Project Summary [Session Recording] [Session Slides] Diana Burley, Vice Provost for Research, American University |
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| 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM
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Break |
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| 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM
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Collaborative Partnerships Dan Cosley, Program Director, NSF/CISE/IIS
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| 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM
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Breakout Groups by Research Team | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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Breakout Groups: Q&A with Mentors | |
| Day 2: Friday, February 19, 2021 | ||
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1:00 PM – 1:25 PM
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Mentors Panel: Insights from the Weekly Assignments | |
| 1:25 PM – 2:25 PM
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Project Description/ Research Plan/ Intellectual Merit [Session Recording] [Session Slides] Weisong Shi, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Director of the CAR Lab and IEEE Fellow, Wayne State University |
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| 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM
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Break |
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| 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM
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Interdisciplinary Efforts [Session Recording] Fay Cobb Payton, Program Director, NSF/CISE/CNS Amy Walton, Program Director, NSF/CISE/OAC
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| 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM
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Breakout Groups by Research Team |
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| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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Breakout Groups: Q&A with Mentors |
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| Day 3: Friday, February 26, 2021 | ||
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1:00 PM – 1:25 PM
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Mentors Panel: Insights from the Weekly Assignments [Session Recording] | |
| 1:25 PM – 2:25 PM
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Project Description/ Intellectual Merit/ Broader Impact Instruction
Ahmed Louri, David and Marilyn Karlgaard Endowed Chair Professor of ECE, George Washington University |
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| 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM
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Break | |
| 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM
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MSI Student Research Involvement [Session Recording] Michelle Rogers, Program Director, NSF/CISE Rebecca Shearman, Program Director, NSF/CISE/CNS
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| 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM
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Breakout Groups by Research Team | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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Breakout Groups: Q&A with Mentors | |
| Day 4: Friday, March 5, 2021 | ||
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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Mentors Panel: Insights from The Weekly Assignment [Session Recording] |
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| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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Budget/Budget Justification [Session Recording] [Session Slides] Almadena Chtchelkanova, Program Director, NSF/CISE/CCF Sharon Glivens, Integrative Activities Specialist, NSF/CISE |
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| 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
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Break | |
| 2:10 PM – 2:40 PM
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NSF Cloud Computing Resources [Session Recording] [Session Slides] Deepankar Medhi, Program Director, NSF/CISE/CNS Michael Norman, Distinguished Professor, University of California San Diego Shava Smallen, Programmer, University of California San Diego Katherine Yelick, Associate Dean for Research, University of California Berkeley
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| 2:40 PM – 3:20 PM
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Breakout Groups by Research Team | |
| 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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Breakout Groups: Q&A with Mentors | |
| Day 5: Friday, March 12, 2021 | ||
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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Mentors Panel: Insights From The Weekly Assignments [Session Recording] | |
| 1:25 PM – 2:50 PM
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Mock Panel Review [ASEE Virtual Mock Grant Review Panel Videos] [Session Recording] [Session Slides] Ann Gates, Vice Provost and Director of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions, University of Texas at El Paso Kathy DeerInWater, Chief Program Officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society Chad Womack, Senior Director of STEM Programs and Initiatives, United Negro College Fund |
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| 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
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Break | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
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Breakout Groups: Q&A with Mentors |
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| 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
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Debrief and Wrap-Up [Session Recording] Jacqueline El Sayed, Chief Academic Officer, ASEE Fay Cobb Payton, Program Director, NSF/CISE/CNS |
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