Grants+Session

Session on grants:

Current plan is to invite program officers to present, and also have tips from workshop participants who have been particularly successful with grant programs.

1) Jeffrey Rogers from DARPA has tentatively agreed to speak. 2) Beverly Berger from NSF (gravitational theory) has agreed to give a presentation. 3) Oscar Bernal at Cal State LA (former program officer, condensed matter) has tentatively agreed to talk, pending some scheduling issues on his end. 4) Doug Singleton has offered to speak about the Fulbright program, which he was successful with.

Below is a template for contacting program officers:

Dear [NAME],

I am contacting you on behalf of the Anacapa Society, a national organization of theoretical physicists who teach and conduct research at primarily undergraduate institutions. We would like to invite you to give a presentation with advice for faculty seeking grants at our West Coast workshop on December 10-11 at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona (just outside Los Angeles).

Our target participants are early-career scientists seeking advice on securing funding and carrying out research involving undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds at teaching-oriented institutions. Research interests among the participants will span the full range of pure and applied areas of theoretical and computational physics, including [INSERT PROGRAM HERE]. Your expertise would be very valuable, and help further the success of the workshop.

If you would be willing to give a presentation on December 10 or 11, please contact me and the conference chairs (Alex Small and Janet Scheel, arsmall@csupomona.edu and jscheel@oxy.edu) to discuss this further.

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

[NAME]