WORKSHOP FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION:

PROPOSAL WRITING AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

Friday, October 27, 2017
6:00 - 06:30 P.M. Networking
6:30 - 08:30 P.M. Working Dinner

Saturday, October 28, 2017

8:00 8:30 am Networking Breakfast and Registration
8:30 9:00 am Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Overview
Kaye Husbands Fealing, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
Angelino Viceisza, Department of Economics, Spelman College

9:00 - 10:30 am Instructional Session

Kwabana Gyimah-Brempong (Economics Program, kgyimahb@nsf.gov)
Wenda Bauchspies (STS, CRISP & CCE STEM Programs, wbauchsp@nsf.gov)
Kaye Husbands Fealing (Georgia Tech, khf@gatech.edu)
Topics:
Funding opportunities in SBE, including HBCU initiatives
The Proposal writing process (including the review process)
Sources of funding information

10:30 11:00 am. Break

11:00 am 12:15 pm Instructional Session (continued)

Nancy Lutz (Economics Program, nlutz@nsf.gov)
Jonathan Leland (DRMS Program, jleland@nsf.gov)
Angelino Viceisza (Spelman College, aviceisz@spelman.edu)
Topics:
NSF Review Criteria
Strategies for Getting Funded
Managing your Award

12:15 - 1:00 am Working Lunch

1:00 - 2:45 P.M. Proposal Preparation Roundtable Session

2:45 - 3:00 P.M. Break

3:00 - 4:30 P.M. Proposal Preparation Roundtable Session (continued)

4:30 - 5:00 P.M. Wrap-up

5:00 Adjourn
WORKSHOP FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION:
PROPOSAL WRITING AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

Georgia Tech Hotel, Atlanta, GA

October 27 & 28, 2017

The purpose of this grants workshop is to bring together research-active

faculty (those who are new to applying for research grants at NSF and those
who have already won NSF awards), university administrators and NSF
Program staff to discuss and develop approaches for increasing the number
of NSF awards earned by African American and Hispanic/Latino faculty.

During the Instructional Sessions, we will discuss general principles of

cultivating research topics that are in the faculty member's wheelhouse and
crafting proposals that both further the proposer's research and directly
addresses the goals of a given solicitation. We will engage university administrators during this
discussion, with the purpose of developing strategies for supporting faculty research.

During the Proposal Preparation Roundtable Sessions, we will be working on integrating research
and proposal design, with newcomers to the grants process matched with seasoned researchers who
have been successful at earning grants. The attendees' list is primarily comprised of faculty from
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority-serving institutions in the
South-Eastern states in the U.S. Experienced proposers will be invited from a variety of research
universities in the United States.

The expected outcomes of this workshop are threefold: (1) increase the number and quality of
proposals submitted; (2) enhance information networks at universities fostering grants activities; and
(3) improve relationships between NSF Program Directors and minority researchers, potentially
broadening the scope of topics in which the program invests. This latter point is key to creating a
diverse and inclusive climate for researchers, who may also be called on to review proposals for NSF.
Although the workshop will focus on mentoring early-career professors through grants processes, it
will also build research collaborations among attendees. By design, interactions during the workshop
should improve other medium- to long-term outcomes of scholars such as research productivity, as
evidenced by number of projects in the pipeline, working papers, and ultimately publications. Overall,
these impacts are expected to contribute to much-needed diverse and inclusive Economics Profession.

RESEARCH TEAM

Georgia Tech Spelman College

Kaye Husbands Fealing Angelino Viceisza
Camila Apablaza Shantreez M Burris

SUPPORTED BY THE ECONOMICS PROGRAM, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AWARD #: 1747941