Graduate Students and Post-docs’ Breakout Session Report -- “What can COMPRES do to better address the needs of graduate students and post-docs?” 2008 COMPRES meeting Lili Gao Zhu Mao
Continuation of Student Committee Members elected during COMPRES breakout session? 4 members each year?
Continuation of Student Committee REASONS We need more people to... keep list updated maintain a discussion forum make decisions …… To reduce the burden of COMPRES To avoid incompleteness of tasks during transition
Grad / Post-doc List DiscussionsOpinion collections Announcements ElectionsVolunteers seeking How to join the list?
Discussion Forum Forum manager: Matthew Whitaker Boards open to everyone Post job information General questions … … Boards open to graduate students only
Invited Student Talks at COMPRES meeting? 1-hr or 2-hr session 3 – 5 students
Grad /Post-doc Work Highlight? Highlighted work on COMPRES homepage 1 – 2 highlighted graduate student research work each time Change every 3 months
Awards? Excellent graduate students Excellent research work …
Research / Travelling Grants? Research / travelling grants from COMPRES for graduate students? How much? How many students? Post-docs?
Proposal Writing Workshop NSF proposal NASA proposal...
Summary What will be done? list Discussion forum Proposed ideas: Continuation of student committee Student invited talks at COMPRS meeting Highlighted grad / post-doc research work on COMPRES webpage Awards Research/travelling Grants Proposal writing workshop?