| Session Title: Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Populations TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Disability-related Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation - What Evaluators Have to Offer |
| Business Meeting Session 495 to be held in MISSION B on Friday, Nov 12, 7:00 AM to 7:50 AM |
| Sponsored by the Special Needs Populations TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| June Gothberg, Western Michigan University, june.gothberg@wmich.edu |
| Jennifer Sulewski, University of Massachusetts, Boston, jennifer.sulewski@umb.edu |
| Patricia Mueller, Evergreen Educational Consulting LLC, eec@gmavt.net |
| Presenter(s): |
| Linda Thurston, National Science Foundation, lthursto@nsf.gov |
| Abstract: Linda Thurston, program director in the Research in Disabilities Education Program for the National Science Foundation (NSF) will keynote the Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Populations TIG business meeting. NSF funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research. Dr. Thurston’s address will focus on opportunities available at NSF for disability research. In addition she will tie in the importance, opportunities, and requirements of evaluation in these projects. |