2012 NSF Grants Workshop Presentations
Friday, May 4, 2012
The Oklahoma EPSCoR NSF Grants Workshop was held Thursday, May 17, 2012, at the Nigh University Center on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond.
The annual event is designed to encourage an increase in the quality and quantity of proposals submitted by Oklahoma researchers to the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies.
The workshop provided Oklahoma researchers and grant writers with information on funding opportunities available to them, including those from state and federal funding agencies, such as NSF, DOD, DOE, NIH and OCAST.
Speakers included:
- Jim Wicksted, Associate Director, Oklahoma EPSCoR
- Jerry Malayer, State Director, Oklahoma EPSCoR
- Garie Fordyce, Program Manager, National Science Foundation
Presentation: "NSF Proposal Preparation" - Darrin Akins, Director, Oklahoma INBRE
Presentation: "NIH Grant Writing Tips: 101" - Rick Rainey, Venture Advisor, Innovation to Enterprise (i2E)
Presentation: “Oklahoma SBIR Collaborative Resources—OSCR” - Steven Martinez, Programs Manager
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST)
Presentation: “Oklahoma SBIR Collaborative Resources—OSCR”
The speakers also participated in an interactive panel discussion, with Q&A from the audience. The complete event agenda may be accessed here; updates will be posted to this site as they become available.
Faculty, researchers, postdoctoral associates and graduate students from all Oklahoma research and education institutions were invited to attend.
The NSF Grants Workshop is hosted by Oklahoma EPSCoR, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the National Science Foundation.
