Dr. Patrick Desrochers
Dr. Lori Isom
Dr. Makenzie Long
Dr. Marsha Massey
Dr. Faith Yarberry
Dr. Darshon Anderson
Michelle Buchanan
A group of University of Central Arkansas faculty has been selected to attend a workshop intended to improve competitiveness among submissions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program.
The two-day, all-expense paid workshop seeks to improve the competitiveness of submissions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program from predominantly undergraduate institutions. Titled “Capacity Building for Competitive S-STEM Proposals,” the workshop will be held at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
After two rounds of competition, the interdisciplinary group of faculty from the College of Education, College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics learned their proposal was accepted to the workshop. Their workshop proposal, a preliminary draft of a full $650,000 grant proposal, seeks funding to offer five to 10 competitive scholarships of $10,000 per academic year for five years, while also providing curricular and co-curricular activities that address common factors affecting students in STEM majors. This program aspires to train a cohort of new future Arkansas chemists from a variety of backgrounds.
UCA faculty are Dr. Patrick Desrochers, Dr. Lori Isom, Dr. Makenzie Long, Dr. Marsha Massey and Dr. Faith Yarberry from the Department of Chemistry; Dr. Darshon Anderson from the Department of Psychology and Counseling; and Michelle Buchanan from the Department of Teaching and Learning.
Yarberry and Anderson will attend the workshop at Rice University from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, 2019. Workshop content will be provided by a group of veteran S-STEM grant writers, educational researchers and practitioners. This workshop will allow participants to write and receive feedback on portions of their proposals in preparation for a planned March 2019 S-STEM submission.
For more information, please contact Josh Markham at 501-450-5062 or at joshm@uca.edu.
