Posters in the Rotunda 2010

A Celebration of Student Undergraduate Research

May 5th, 2010 Madison Capitol Rotunda

General Information

‘Posters in the Rotunda’ – intended to highlight the extent, quality, and value of undergraduate involvement in faculty-guided research projects. Students and faculty from all UW schools will have the opportunity to display their work for Wisconsin legislators in the Capital Rotunda, highlighting the importance of undergraduate research and education support at the state and national levels.

For further information on PITR and to view past events visit www.wisconsin.edu/posters/index.htm

Application Information

Application deadline: 9:00 a.m. April 12, 2010. Submit your completed application, via e-mail, to Lidia Nonn at nonnl@uwgb.edu. Selected applicants will be required to submit a completed poster by April 19, 2010. Further application and presentation information can be found below.

Click for Posters in the Rotunda Application

Please follow the Entry Format below when applying for Posters in the Rotunda.

E-mail your application to nonnl@uwgb.edu by 9:00 a.m. April 12, 2010. Thank you!

ENTRY FORMAT

X Project Title

Student 1 Name [Hometown] and Student 2 Name [Hometown]…

Faculty Advisor 1 Name, Faculty/Staff Mentor; Department

Insert abstract (50 words or less).

SAMPLE ENTRY

1

Historical Movement of the Mohican Nation

Barbara Featherly [Shell Lake]

James Oberly, Faculty/Staff Mentor; History and American Indian Studies Program

Student Historical Cartographer Barbara Featherly has drawn nine maps to accompany the text of a forthcoming book by UW-Eau Claire faculty member James W. Oberly, A Nation of Statesmen: The Political Culture of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans, 1815-1974,” to be published in late 2004 by the University of Oklahoma Press. The maps show the migration history of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, who have occupied a two-township reservation in Shawano County, Wisconsin since 1856.

Presentation Information

Poster Specifics: For your poster display, you will need to construct a self-supporting poster to be placed on an easel for viewing. Students will receive one-on-one assistance in creating their poster or adapting it for the session in Madison. If chosen to present, the Coordinator will be in contact with you. Easels will be provided.

Eligible work: An eligible presentation will report, perform or represent the outcome of substantial work by a student or group of students. While the project may have its origin in an assignment for a class, the presentation should show it has been developed above and beyond a class requirement. It is a paper, artifact or performance that can truly be called a creative achievement.

Abstract requirement: Each presentation requires an abstract. An abstract is a summary of the project, and should reflect the professional format normally associated with scholarly work in the discipline (e.g., an abstract of an artistic performance may be similar to the program notes that typically accompany such a performance; science abstracts typically include background information, methods, results, and a brief discussion). All abstracts will appear in the Governor’s Program.

Abstract preparation: Student authors should adhere to professional submission standards when preparing abstracts and should work with their faculty mentors to ensure that their abstract is correct, complete, and that all guidelines are followed. The body of the abstract should not exceed 50 words, and it can be composed and edited using standard word processing software. The final abstract, along with other information, will need to be submitted via the online submission form.

Faculty mentor required: Each presentation should be sponsored or co-sponsored by a UWGB faculty mentor(s); non-sponsored abstracts will not be accepted.

Interdisciplinary presentations: Interdisciplinary presentations are especially encouraged!

Travel to Madison: Travel to Madison will be provided.

Foundation Center Releases Online Mapping Tool

The Foundation Center has released Philanthropy In/Sight, a new interactive mapping tool that examines the impact of philanthropy in the U.S. and worldwide. The tool provides two unique mapping platforms powered by the Foundation Center’s grantmaker and awardee databases.

Users can choose from over 1,100 subject areas and dozens of thematic indicators to assess past funding and current needs in areas such as education, housing, and healthcare at the global, national, state, and local levels.

Webinar: NSF’s New Requirement on Ethical Conduct

November 19, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in MAC Hall 137

As of January 2010, the National Science Foundation will require all institutions submitting and receiving NSF funds, at the time of proposal submission, to certify that they have programs in place to promote “responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed research project.”

The Institute for Research is inviting you to attend a short webinar entitled “Interpretation and Implementation of NSF’s Requirement to Facilitate the Ethical Conduct of Research” on November 19, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in MAC Hall 137.

The webinar is the initial effort to assist UWGB in its plan to get a good understanding of what type(s) of “training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research” we need to have in place in order to satisfy this new NSF requirement.

Coordinated by SRA International, the webinar will provide an overview of NSF’s new requirement for institutions receiving NSF funds to provide training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research. Three speakers with experience in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) education will be featured.

If you have recently received NSF funding, submitted a proposal to NSF, or are considering applying for NSF funding in the future, or if you have included Ethics and Conduct of Research in your course curriculum, please consider attending this short but informative session. Please contact Lidia Nonn in the Institute for Research at 465-2565 or nonnl@uwgb.edu. if you have questions about this opportunity.

Interpretation and Implementation of NSF’s Requirement to Facilitate the Ethical Conduct of Research

Instructors:

Peggy L. Fischer
Associate Inspector General for Investigations
Office of Inspector General
National Science Foundation

Dena Plemmons
Coordinator of Research Ethics Initiatives, San Diego State University
Research Ethics Program, University of California, San Diego

Camille Nebeker
Director, Division of Research Affairs
San Diego State University

Overview:

This webinar will provide an overview of NSF’s new requirement for institutions receiving NSF funds to provide training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research. The three speakers have experience in RCR education from differing perspectives. Peggy Fischer is Associate Inspector General for Investigations at NSF and will provide an insider’s view of the NSF regulation and NSF’s expectations for institutions. Dena Plemmons is adjunct faculty at both SDSU and UCSD, teaches research ethics, and will present resources and approaches to consider as institutions develop their plans. Camille Nebeker is the Director of SDSU’s Division of Research Affairs, is the Organizational Representative responsible for implementing this NSF policy at the institutional level, and will talk about what is being done at SDSU to be responsive.

Take Guidance to Agencies as Good News

In an August 4, 2009 memorandum, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy provided guidance that gives the first clear answer to the grant community’s biggest question of FY 09:  What happens after ARRA?

Agency heads are being advised to use the Recovery Act pillars of workforce, energy, healthcare, and competitiveness to build their FY 11 budget requests. Not only the three America COMPETES champions – the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology – but also every other federal agency is expected to have the nation’s science, technology, and innovation infrastructure in mind as they execute mid-term strategic plans that continue ARRA momentum.

STEM education, federal compliance, and innovative solutions to pressing needs are the right things to be focusing on now and, if White House guidance is followed, more support for those activities is on its way.

Stimulus (ARRA) Funding for Research Development

In President Obama ‘s speech on research given yesterday at the National Academy of Science, the President offered a series of proposals that are what the research university community and others have long hoped and desired.   It could well be a historic speech.

From A Public Voice:
http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1257

March 3, 2009 – The Federal Stimulus Plan, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, contains large increases in Federal support for research, education, job development, infrastructure and many other areas that are important to UWGB. For info, email nonnl@uwgb.edu

June 10, 2009 – The full House Appropriations Committee cleared the asure. Many items are of interest in that they coincide with UW System federal priorities. The bill includes, among other items:

$6.9 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), $446 million above the current FY2009 level and $108 billion below the administration request.

$18.2 billion for NASA, $483 million above the current level and$483 million below the request.

$781 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $57.5 million below FY2009 levels and $65 million below the administration request.  Within NIST, the bill would fund the Technology Innovation Program at $70 million.

NOAA would be funded at $4.6 billion, $238 million above the current level and $129 million above the request.