Dr. Zhihua Qu, Pegasus Professor, UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will facilitate the DOE session. Dr. Mary Little, Professor, UCF School of Teacher Education will facilitate the DoED session.

Several strong/weak proposal writing examples will be discussed to demonstrate best practices. A brief overview of the proposal review process, pros and cons of communicating with agency program managers before proposal submission, developing an impactful research plan, discussion of budget, developing the evaluation/assessment plan, and common mistakes to avoid will be discussed.

Participation is only open for faculty researchers approved by their College leadership and selected by the Office of Research.