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BIOAC
Meeting Agenda
November 7-8, 1996
Room 1235
| Thursday |
November
7,
1996 |
| 8:45 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
of New Members
Dr. Mary Clutter, Assistant Director, BIO |
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| 9:00 AM |
Approval of Minutes
Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Chair |
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| 9:15 AM |
Status of FY 1997 Budget
and
Outcomes of BIOAC Recommendations
Dr. Mary Clutter |
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| 9:45 AM |
Dr. Joseph Bordogna, Acting
Deputy Director, NSF |
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| 10:15 AM |
BREAK
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| 10:30 AM |
Other Agencies I - FY
1997 Budget
DOE - Dr. Aristides Patrinos
USDA - Dr. Floyd P. Horn
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| 11:00 AM |
Report on BIO Senior Staff
Retreat
Dr. James Edwards
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| 11:45 AM |
WORKING LUNCH
Discussion
on Risk Taking
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| 1:00 PM |
Report on Advisory Committees
Chairs Meeting
Dr. Nina Fedoroff |
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| 1:30 PM |
Discussion on Interdisciplinary
Research
Dr. John Fray, Deputy Division Director,
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience |
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| 1:45 PM |
Merit Review Task Force
Mr. Paul Herer, Executive Secretary |
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| 2:00 PM |
Breakout Groups
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Merit Review
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| 4:00 PM |
BREAK |
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| 4:15 PM |
BIO AC Workshops Discussion
Led by BIOAC Workshop Convenors
- "Funding Strategies for
Scientists Who Combine
Research and Teaching: Integration of Research
and Education" - Wellesley College - September 13,
1996
Convenors: Drs. Mary Allen and George Langford
- "Changing
Environment for the Biological Sciences
and Colleges and Universities" - University of
Tennessee, Knoxville - September 13, 1996
Convenor: Dr. W. Franklin Harris
- "Research-Centered Education in Biology" -
University of California, Davis - September 30, 1996
Convenor: Dr. Barbara Webster
- "Science Education for Undergraduate
Students
in the 21st Century" - Yale University - October 18-19, 1996
Convenor: Dr. Frank Ruddle
- "Academia, Industry, and The National
Science
Foundation: What are the Interactions Now and How
are they Evolving?" - Rutgers University - October 31, 1996
Convenors: Drs. Helen Berman and Burt Ensley
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| 5:30 PM |
ADJOURN |
| Friday |
November
8 ,
1996 |
| 8:45 AM |
Committee of Visitors--Reports
and Relation to
Government Performance and Review Act (GPRA)
Dr. James Edwards
- Systematic and Population Biology Cluster, DEB
Dr. W. Franklin Harris
- Developmental Mechanisms Cluster, IBN
Dr. Pete Magee
- Biochemistry, Molecular Structure and Function
Cluster, MCB
Dr. George Hill
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| 10:00 AM |
BREAK |
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| 10:15 AM |
Other Agencies II - FY 1997
Budget
EPA - Dr. Robert Huggett
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| 10:45 AM |
Reports from Breakout Groups
and Discussion of Action Agenda for BIO
(Includes WORKING LUNCH) |
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| 1:30 PM |
Future Business |
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| 2:00 PM |
ADJOURN |
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