Student Development & Recruitment
Promoting Global-minded Professionals

NSF Proposal Support and Faculty Involvement

SD&R can work with faculty and administrators to create programs and activities that meet the “ broader impact” and “ diversity” criteria of NSF proposals. SD&R has the infrastructure and can link your project with existing NSF funded programs such as the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) and Women In Engineering (WIE). Your project can strengthen and expand these programs or new ones can be created. Activities can be tied to existing partnerships with other campus programs, other UC campuses, K-12 outreach, industry, and outside institutions.

How can SD&R help you, the faculty and/or administrators?

1. Provide letters of support for NSF proposals
2. Explore other funding opportunities to support CAMP eligible students in research labs
3. Support undergraduate researchers to present at conferences and promote your research
4. Provide resources to prepare undergraduate researchers for graduate school

1. Provide letters of support for NSF proposals

Faculty NSF proposal are strengthened through collaborations with other NSF projects. Through the “Alliance for Academic Excellence” faculty have the opportunity to engage and partner with other NSF-funded programs such as the NSF-funded California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) and meet the NSF criterion of the “ broader impact” , diversity, interdisciplinary research, and transfer of knowledge.

NSF proposals require faculty to meet specific criterion summarized below:

• What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
• Integration of Research and Education
• Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities

What's the next step?

To solicit a letter of support from the SD&R Director contact Renée J-Maldonado to make an appointment to discuss the involvement of your project and SD&R program activities. The benefits include strengthening proposals, support in merit packets, and follow up data and assessment for NSF reporting.

List of SD&R support letters for faculty NSF proposals for Academic Year 2005-06

Each faculty members listed below worked with the Student Development and Recruitment Director to include programs and activities which met the NSF criteria for meeting the "broader impact." Faculty agreed to various activities including matched funding of CAMP eligible undergraduate researchers and participation of diversity activities, such as the STEP fireside chat.

Name and Department/Center

1. Prof. Bevan Baas - Electrical & Computer Science
2. Prof. Raj Amirtharajah - Electrical and Computer Science
3. Prof. Soheil Ghiasi - Electrical and Computer Science
4. Prof. Bruce Kutter - Civil & Env. Eng.
5. Prof. Valeria La Saponara - Mechanical & Aeronautical Eng.
6. Prof. Angelique Louie - Biomedical Eng.
7. Prof. Yueyue Fan - Civil & Env. Eng.
8. Prof. Karen McDonald - Chem. & Material Science Eng.
9. Prof. David Horsley - Mechanical & Aeronautical Eng.
10. Prof. Sabysachi Sen - Chem.. & Material Science Eng.
11. Prof. Joanna Groza - Chem. & Material Science Eng.
12. Prof. Richard Scalletar - Physics
13. Marco Molinaro, Chief Education Officer - Center for Biophotonics
14. Prof. David Osleger - Geology
15. Frank Yaghmaie, Director - Northen CA, Nanotechnology Ctr.

2. Explore other funding opportunities to support CAMP eligible students in research labs.

SD&R can leverage supplemental funding for additional researchers through the NSF-funded CAMP and/or alliance partners. Summer research opportunities for undergraduate researchers may also be provided.

3. Support undergraduate researchers to present at conferences and promote your research.

All sponsored CAMP/MORE students are required to present their research (poster or oral) at either the Annual Statewide CAMP Symposium , the campus Undergraduate Research Conference or at a national conference. Travel expenses are provided for CAMP presenters. SD&R works closely with researchers to prepare them for the presentations. For 2006, five CAMP presenters were awarded special merit in research.

4. Provide resources to prepare undergraduate researchers for graduate school.