COSEPUP Meetings Schedule
2011
May 19-20 COSEPUP Meeting, Washington, DC
September 15-16 COSEPUP Meeting, Washington, DC
December 15-16 COSEPUP Meeting, Washington, DC
February 2011
NEWS FROM THE PROJECTS
[1] Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters. This project, being done in collaboration with the Disasters Roundtable, began officially in June 2010 and held its first committee meeting in September. Nine federal agencies are sponsoring the project, which will be conducting site visits to meet with local officials to acquire a hands-on perspective of the situation. The first site visit was to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in January 2011. Future site visits will be to Iowa and southern California.
[2] Responsible Science. COSEPUP is exploring opportunities to revise its 1992 work: Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process. The report will include findings and recommendations providing guidance to research managers, research funders, institutional officers (universities, foundations, etc), researchers, and compliance officers. Fundraising efforts are under way, involving discussions and proposals to a number of federal agencies, and a list of potential committee members has been prepared.
[3] Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments. Six federal agencies have pledged support for this workshop, and discussions continue with several others. A committee co-chaired by Neal Lane and Bronwyn Hall has been approved. A number of white papers are being commissioned, and a workshop will be held April 18-19, 2011. A workshop summary will be published.
[4] Rising above the Gathering Storm Five Years Later. Conversations with WARF about a workshop at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in Madison, probably in May or June 2011, are making progress. A proposal has been submitted to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and additional support is being pursued.
[5] The State of the Postdoctoral Research System. The Governing Board Executive Committee has authorized COSEPUP to begin work on this study. It will begin by nominating a committee and a chair.
