What's Happening?
NSF Considering a Mandatory Cost Sharing Policy
Find out more at www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08067/nsf08067.jsp?govDel=
USNSF_25.
Ongoing – CharityChannel's Grants Discussion List
CharityChannel provides a way to engage in professional-level dialog with grant writers and foundation executives with a grants discussion list. It is an e-mail-based discussion list. When someone posts a message, everyone on the list gets the message. When you want to respond to the group, just reply and type your response. Simple! To join the list, send a blank email to GRANTS-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@CharityChannel.com.
October 17-21, 2009 – SRA International 2009 Annual Meeting
Location: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Wash.
Planning for the SRA International 2009 Annual Meeting "Research Without Borders" is underway. Proposals for sessions and workshops are now being accepted. The next program planning meeting will be held Jan. 22-23 at the Sheraton in downtown Seattle. Please join us in critical discussions associated with program content.
For more information, visit www.srainternational.org/sra03/template/
tntbAM09.cfm?id=2121. Hotel reservations for the annual meeting are available by contacting the Sheraton and Red Lion hotels or at www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/
reservation?id=0810218587&key=7D269.
October 21-24, 2009 – NCURA 51st Annual Meeting: One World Connected Through Research
Location: Washington D.C.
Visit www.ncura.edu/content/educational_programs/sites/51 for program and registration information.
November 20-22, 2009 – Beginning a Research Program in the Natural Sciences at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution
Location: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application before Oct. 1, 2009.
January 29-31, 2010 – Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs
Location: University of South Alabama, Mobile, Ala.
Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application before Dec. 1, 2009.
February 5-7, 2010 – Mentorship, Collaboration and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Location: Mesa Community College, Mesa, Ariz.
Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application before Jan. 4, 2010.
February 25-28, 2010 – CUR Dialogues
Location: Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington, D.C.
CUR Dialogues is designed to bring faculty and administrators to Washington, D.C., to interact with federal agency program officers and other grant funders. Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application.
June 19-22, 2010 – CUR’s 2010 National Conference; Undergraduate Research As Transformative Practice
Location: Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application.
October 18, 2010 – International Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Inquiry: A Scholarly Discussion
Location: Pre-ISSOTL Seminar, Liverpool, U.K.
Visit www.cur.org and complete the online application.



