College of Arts & Sciences faculty are invited to “Coffee with a Consultant” to enhance their grant writing skills with consultant sessions in April.
This new program launched by the College of Arts & Sciences and its Research & Scholarship Committee provides one-hour sessions with the college’s NSF or NIH grant consultants. Each session could include several faculty with common interests who share some of their questions with the consultant.
All consultations will take place in Baker Center Honors Collegium Lounge (fourth floor across from the Front Room). Beverage coupons (for Front Room) are provided to all individuals who sign up.
“This is a great opportunity to get individualized attention and expert advice to improve your grant writing,” said Dean Bob Frank.
Consultant Schedule
Monday, April 2, 10 a.m. – noon with Dr. Steve Bergmeier, Professor and Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry (NIH)—Bergmeier has received NIH funding as a PI or co-PI on several R01, R15 and R03 grants. He has also been the PI or co-PI on several NIH Phase I and Phase II STTR (R41/R42) and SBIR (R43/R44) grants. Bergmeier regularly reviews grant applications for the NIH. He typically reviews R01, R15, and R21 grant applications as well as STTR and SBIR applications, and occasionally contracts and program applications.
Tuesday, April 3, 10 a.m. – noon with Dr. Art Smith, Professor of Physics & Astronomy (NSF, DOE, DURIP)—Smith has received funding from NSF, DOE, and ONR. His first grant proposal resulted in a DURIP equipment award from ONR, followed by an NSF PECASE award. He has received multiple additional NSF and DOE individual PI awards, a second ONR DURIP equipment grant, as well as awards from NSF under their NIRT and PIRE programs for collaborative multi-investigator awards.
Wednesday, April 4, 10 a.m – noon with Dr. Eric Masson, Roenigk Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry (NSF)—Masson has research interests that revolve around supramolecular and recognition chemistry, with a particular affinity for the cucurbituril family of macrocycles. He is currently supported by grants from NSF and ACS PRF (American Chemical Society).
Monday, April 9, 1 – 3 p.m. with Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology (NSF)—Wyatt’s research focuses on gene expression and discovery, specifically related to signaling of gravity responses in plants. She has been a program officer at NSF in both the division of Integrative Organism Biology (IOS) and Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and has experience with proposals across an array of organisms. She has served on numerous panels for both of those programs and for Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and science education.
Wednesday, April 11, 10 a.m. – noon with Dr. Steve Evans, Professor of Psychology (NIH, CDC, PCORI, IES)—His research involves treatment development and evaluation research for children and adolescents with ADHD and related emotional and behavioral disorders. The treatments are primarily school-based and include aspects of implementation science. Evans has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Institute for Education Sciences. His primary funding has involved mechanisms from these agencies that support randomized controlled trials.
Wednesday, April 25, 10 a.m. – noon with Dr. Chris France, Distinguished Professor of Psychology (NIH)—France’s primary areas of research expertise include psychological factors related to acute pain and biopsychosocial treatments for chronic pain and related disability. He is a past chair of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Behavioral Medicine, Interventions and Outcomes study section, and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for 10 NIH study sections. He has been PI or co-PI on grants from the National Institutes of Health (including NHLBI, NICHD, NIAMS, NIA and NCCIH), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and various other agencies (e.g., American Heart Association, Australian Red Cross, American Pain Society).
For more information, contact a CAS Research & Scholarship Committee member: Steve Miner, Julie Owens, Allan Showalter, or Sergio Ulloa.
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