Workshop Description:
Discovering and developing solutions to the complex problems facing the world in the 21st century requires joining forces across disciplinary boundaries. More and more funding agencies and external sponsors are requiring that grant proposals take an interdisciplinary approach. Working outside your familiar disciplinary field requires new skills and approaches and begins with the way research questions are posed and projects are conceptualized. This workshop will discuss the unique issues and concerns in preparing proposals within interdisciplinary contexts. Through facilitated discussion and drawing upon the expertise of faculty panelists, this workshop will address:
- How can proposal conceptualizations be expanded to include the potential intellectual contributions that diverse disciplines offer?
- How can complementary expertise outside your discipline be identified and located?
- What is unique about writing interdisciplinary proposals?
- What are the characteristics of a successful interdisciplinary proposal?
- What are the pros and cons of alternative strategies for writing interdisciplinary proposals?
- How can disciplinary differences in language, methodology, and writing styles be addressed to communicate in a single voice?
PANELISTS
Linda Bearinger, PhD, MS, FAAN, Professor and Director, Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, and Professor, Division of Adolescent Health and Meddicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
Michael Cherlin, Professor, School of Music, Founding Director of the
Interdisciplinary Program in Collaborative Arts
Donald Dengel, Co-Director, Body Composition Human Performance Core, General Clinical Research Center
Wei-Shou Hu, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science
Kristen C. Nelson, Department of Forest Resources and Department of Fisheries,
Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Claudia Neuhauser, Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Scott Selleck, Professor, Pediatrics, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and
Development; Director, Developmental Biology Center; Director, University of
Minnesota Autism Initiative
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