2010 I/UCRC Evaluators Meeting Agenda
OBJECTIVES:
1. Evaluator briefing: Enable NSF to brief Evaluators on policies and updates concerning the I/UCRC Program and Evaluator role;
2. Research forum: Provide a forum for presentation, review, and discussion of current findings from ongoing research by the I/UCRC Evaluation Program and current, NSF-supported evaluation research projects;
3. Information exchange: Provide a vehicle for I/UCRC Evaluators to exchange information and ideas about best practices for the role of Evaluator; and
4. Innovation update: Offer a platform for presenting and discussing new findings, theory, and/or applications in the national community of professionals involved in evaluation of R&D, industry-university cooperative research, role of evaluation in innovation management, and related topics.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 am Registration, Check-in & Continental Breakfast: – Washington Room (3rd Floor)
PRE-SESSION
7:45 - 8:45 am New Evaluator Orientation (open to all) – Adams Room (3rd Floor)
Denis Gray & Eric Sundstrom
Evaluators' basic responsibilities: Time-line & requirements: annual Evaluator's Report, data-collection, roles at IAB meetings, exit interviews. Billing for Evaluator services; negotiating about overhead. "Stupid" questions welcome.
MORNING SESSION
9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome & Introductions
Eric Sundstrom
9:15 - 10:45 am I/UCRC Program Update for Evaluators
Rathindra ("Babu") DasGupta
I/UCRC Program, current status, active Centers, planning grants awarded & expected. Most recent solicitation & changes planned for next solicitation. What's new for Evaluators. Future plans. Q & A / discussion
10:45 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Keynote Address: Understanding, Facilitating, and Evaluating Center-Based Team Science
Kara Hall, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Highlights from the National Cancer Institute's program on the science of team science, focusing on: 1) strategies and findings from process and outcome studies of NCI transdisciplinary team science initiatives; 2) NCI initiative to review internal evaluation programs in 50+ Centers conducting team science; and 3) the new NCI interactive website, offering team science measurement and management tools.
12:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch on your own
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:45 - 2:45 pm Evaluator's Role in the I/UCRC Planning Grant Meeting
David Meyer
Evaluator's duties in the meeting for an I/UCRC Planning Grant: Briefing the Director; helping organize the Planning Workshop (all required elements); facilitating the meeting; running the LIFE session; following up. Best practices.
2:45 - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 - 3:45 pm Role of an I/UCRC Industry Member Representative
Craig Scott & David Meyer
Expectations of the industry member "Rep." Best practices for the role of Rep based on prior research. How an Evaluator can help a new Rep learn and carry out responsibilities for communication, networking, gate-keeping, etc.
4:00 - 4:15 pm Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Facilitating Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Relations with Low Meeting Attendance:
Evaluators' Best Solutions for Virtual "Meetings"
Otto Doering & Denis Gray
Evaluator's role in facilitating and maintaining IAB relationships. Problems of disengagement at "virtual" and/or low-attendance IAB meetings; best, potential solutions for collecting NSF questionnaires, facilitating LIFE discussions, assisting decisions about project funding, etc.
5:30 - 7:00 pm Evening Hospitality - Capital View Ballroom, 14th Floor
Dinner on your own
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast: – Washington Room (3rd Floor)
MORNING SESSION
8:00 – 8:45 am Membership & Process / Outcome Report
Denis Gray
Highlights from 2009-10 I/UCRC Membership Report. Selected results on processes & outcomes from the 2009-10 Industry and Faculty Questionnaires.
8:45 - 9:05 am Evaluator Research Agenda
David Meyer
Evaluator research projects & new proposals.
9:05 - 9:40 am Graduated Centers Project: Predictors of Success
Lindsey McGowen
New findings on the best predictors of I/UCRC performance and sustainability, and implications for Evaluators
9:40 - 10:10 am Check-out Break
10:10 - 10:45 am Human Capital Implications of the Role of I/UCRC Director
Drew Rivers
Progress report on the new project focused on career outcomes and opportunities associated with working as an I/UCRC Director
10:45 - 11:00 am Open Issues, Next Steps, and Closing Comments
Eric Sundstrom & Babu DasGupta
Open issues. Next annual meeting dates. Topics for next meeting. Babu's closing remarks. Evaluation questionnaires.
11:00am Adjourn
