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SEEDS (Scientists and Engineers Expanding Diversity and Success) and MOOR (Miller Office Of Research) present Mock NIH Study Section
The Mock NIH Study Section will take place Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 1:00PM – 4:00PM in the Clinical Research Building, Room 989 on the Medical Campus. Space is limited to 50 participants and refreshments will be provided. This workshop is for any and all faculty who submit grants. Please register by May 30, 2012. For more information, please contact Marisa Hightower, SEED Program Manager at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu.
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Engineering
SEEDS Focus Group
contact Helena Solo-Gabrielle
RSMAS
SEEDS Focus Group
contact Su Sponaugle
Medical Campus
SEEDS focus group
3:00 every third Thursday of the month during the academic year. Contact Dr. Mary Lou King
Forums on navigating promotion and tenure
dates TBD Through You Choose award to Wen-Hsiang Lee
SEEDS Focus Group
contact Barbara Whitlock
History of SEEDS
The National Academies report Beyond Bias and Barriers, chaired by President Donna E. Shalala, documented that, despite advances in the proportion of women and other underrepresented minorities in science and engineering graduate programs, relatively few become successful faculty. Accordingly, the University of Miami Provost Tom LeBlanc established a University-level SEEDS office as a focus for diversity programs across all three UM campuses. SEEDS orchestrates grass-roots efforts to study and improve climate and policies and has an NSF ADVANCE award for programs designed to increase opportunities for ALL scientists and engineers at UM.
Featured Resources: Also see Resources and UM links
How to write a successful NSF Career grant: Click here for resources from our workshop NEW
Speed Mentoring pdf (5.3 MB) on how to mount an event, and what it accomplishes.
Newsletter 2010 (pdf 1.5 MB), Newsletter 2009, a tribute to our speed mentors (pdf 760 KB)
View video of the Directors of SEEDS and the Center for Humanities discussing a new play about Madame Curie (The Radiant by Shirley Lauro)
Career survival reading list (pdf 42 KB)
Scholarly studies
Best Practices
Featured joke
SEEDS is on the NSF ADVANCE portal.
Resources from the UM library supporting SEEDS
Featured Events
SEEDS (Scientists and Engineers Expanding Diversity and Success) and MOOR (Miller Office Of Research) present Mock NIH Study Section.
The Mock NIH Study Section will take place Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 1:00PM – 4:00PM in the Clinical Research Building, Room 989 on the Medical Campus. A panel of 4-5 experts will serve on the study section. You will learn: What happens to your grant after it is submitted? What instructions are reviewers given on how to review? How do reviewers score a NIH grant? What goes on at study sections? What gets discussed? What are the five most common reasons why grants do not receive a competitive score? A question and answer session will follow. Space is limited to 50 participants and refreshments will be provided. This workshop is for any and all faculty who submit grants. It will be highly interactive and participatory. Please register by May 30, 2012. For more information, please contact Marisa Hightower, SEED Program Manager at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu.
"You Choose" award winners for 2011
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Bill Browne |
Nurcin Celik |
Carla Hurt |
Mary Lou King |
Angela Knapp |
Cynthia Levy |
Fulvia Verde |
Sonia Yoo |
Brief reports
Also see Workshops, Sponsored Mentors and Lecturers pages
View more Brief Reports on selected events
| "Unconscious Bias in the 21st Century and It's Impact on Diversity and Inclusiveness."
Scientists & Engineers Expanding Diversity & Success (SEEDS) hosted a seminar presented by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Department of Psychology at Columbia University, entitled "Unconscious Bias in the 21st Century and It's Impact on Diversity and Inclusiveness." Dr. Purdie-Vaughns is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert on racial and gender achievement gaps in academic and corporate institutions and how stigma undermines intellectual performance. She conducts research on other forms of stigma including: stigma and LGCTQ groups, stigma of mental illness, and stigma based on multiple identities (intersectionality). Dr. Purdie-Vaughns has authored numerous publications that have appeared in journals such as Science, Psychological Science, and Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. She has been awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Russell Sage Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation. Her most recent grant from NSF examines how stigma may affect activation of the neuroendocrine and sympathetic nervous systems, systems implicated in immune responses that affect long-term health and cognitive performance. |
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| SEEDS Workshop: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Strategies for a Successful Proposal This workshop offered First and Second year graduate students in STEM fields advice and strategies for writing a successful proposal for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. We hosted a panel of three UM graduate students, who have won NSF graduate Research Fellowships, and two faculty members for tailored advice. The panel was followed by smaller discussion groups, where attendees can ask advice from panelists. |
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| How to Win Reviewers Over: Workshop on Writing Specific Aims This workshop is for researchers who are thinking of submitting a proposal to NIH and who have written a first draft of their specific aims. This was a hands-on workshop based on the draft of your specific aims. | |
| Distinguished Women in Industrial EngineeringDr. Cynthia Barnhart presented "Congestion and Delays in the National Air Transportation System" August 3, 2011, made possible by a You Choose Award to Nurcin Celik | |
| Miller School of Medicine is pleased to announce plans to establish a lactation support services program for employees. Details of the program are included in the University of Miami Break Time for Nursing Mothers policy (pdf). Any employee who would like to provide input into the process is invited to contact Ms. Nanette Vega, the Miller School's director of diversity and multicultural affairs in the Office of Faculty Affairs, at 305-243-6551 or nvega@med.miami.edu. The Nursing Mothers Advisory Group has been convened to identify needs, review suggestions, and discuss the best approach for our organization. |
New features:
Speed Mentoring: how to mount an event, and why you should (pdf 5.3 MB)
Career survival reading list (pdf)
Scholarly studies
Best Practices
Featured joke
Newsletter 2009: a tribute to our speed mentors, pdf 760 kb
SEEDS is on the NSF ADVANCE portal.
Resources from the UM library supporting SEEDS.
Also see Resources and UM links
View video of the Directors of SEEDS and the Center for Humanities discussing a new play about Madame Curie (The Radiant by Shirley Lauro),
