All LMU faculty members are invited to attend sessions conducted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will help participants from many fields gain a competitive edge in designing educational research and curriculum development projects.

A series of eight webinar sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (see dates/locations). Each three-hour webinar is divided into two 60-minute segments with a 15-minute break between the segments, followed by a 45-minute Q&A session. Information about each session, including the presenters, and an abstract for each topic is available at http://www.step.eng.lsu.edu/nsf/participants/. All workshop participants should carefully read the NSF TUES Program Solicitation in advance http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10544/nsf10544.htm

NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) Program

Effective Proposal Writing Strategies Wed, March 30, Pereira 100

Mock Panel Review Conducted by NSF Staff Wed, April 13, Seaver 123

Writing a Competitive Type 2 TUES Program Application (Part I) Tues, April 26, Pereira 100

Writing a Competitive Type 2 TUES Program Application (Part II) Tues, April 28, Pereira 100

Additional NSF Webinar Sessions will cover:

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Tues, April 5, Pereira 100

Project Evaluation & Assessment Strategies Wed, April 6, Seaver 123

All sessions will be held from 10am to 1pm. Please arrive early.

RSVP for the webinar series to orsp@lmu.edu, subject line “NSF Webinar” or by calling Emma Pastrana at 310.338.4599. This series is being presented at LMU by the Seaver College of Science & Engineering and ORSP.