Collaboration Grantsmanship Workshop

February 9, 2006, 8:30 AM – Noon, San Antonio, TX

Co-chairs: David Radcliffe (University of Georgia), Teferi Tsegaye (Alabama A&M University), Lisa Duriancik (CSREES)

                                               

Purpose:

·        The goal of this workshop is to increase the number and competitiveness of proposals and ultimately successful funded projects submitted by 1890 Historically Black Land Grant Colleges and Universities, 1994 Tribal Land Grant Colleges and Universities, and island or territory institutions.

·        This workshop will have a specific focus on collaborations among these minority-serving and other institutions with 1862 Land Grant institutions.

 

Objectives are:

·        advise and work with faculty on how to write a successful grant proposal for the CSREES 406 Water Quality Program and NRI Water and Watersheds Program

·        provide opportunities for faculty from 1862 and 1890, 1994, island and territory institutions to find partners and begin to develop collaborations

·        generate a list of faculty from 1890,1994, and other island or territory institutions who will volunteer to serve as review panel members

 

Workshop Agenda:

8:30 AM       Welcome and Introduction, David Radcliffe (Univ. of Georgia) and Teferi Tsegaye (Alabama A&M Univ.)

8:35 AM       Tips for Successful Collaboration, Mike O’Neill and Lisa Duriancik (CSREES)

8:55 AM       Perspectives of the Panel Managers: A Discussion, Jim Anderson (Univ. of Minnesota), Deanna Osmond (NC State Univ.), Ron Turco (Purdue Univ.), Mark McFarland (Texas A&M Univ.)

9:25 AM       Successful Collaboration: Extension Education Project Development

                     Watershed Restoration - David Berard [tentative] (UW Extension) and Deborah Anderson (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College)

9:55 AM       Successful Collaboration: Team Building within a Regional Project

                     Mid-Atlantic Region Drinking Water Initiative - Asmare Atalay (Virginia State Univ.)

                     Pacific Islands Piggery Waste Management Program - Carl Evensen (Univ. of Hawaii) and Allan Sabaldica (College of the Northern Marianas Islands)

10:15 AM     Break

10:30 AM     Using National Facilitation Projects to Spur Collaboration

                     Sam Dennis (Tennessee State Univ.) – 1890 National Facilitation Project

                     Virgil Dupuis [tentative] (Salish Kootenai College) – 1994 Tribal Colleges and Universities National Facilitation Project

11:00 AM     Interactive Session on Ideas for Collaboration Projects: David Radcliffe (Univ. of Georgia)

Noon            Adjourn*


*Groups may continue working in this room after the meeting adjourns if they wish.