1. 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

2. Continuation of Student Committee 200920102011... Members elected during COMPRES breakout session? 4 members each year?

3. Continuation of Student Committee REASONS We need more people to... keep e-mail list updated maintain a discussion forum make decisions …… To reduce the burden of COMPRES To avoid incompleteness of tasks during transition

4. Grad / Post-doc E-mail List DiscussionsOpinion collections Announcements ElectionsVolunteers seeking....... How to join the list?

5. Discussion Forum Forum manager: Matthew Whitaker Boards open to everyone Post job information General questions … … Boards open to graduate students only

6. Invited Student Talks at COMPRES meeting? 1-hr or 2-hr session 3 – 5 students

7. Grad /Post-doc Work Highlight? Highlighted work on COMPRES homepage 1 – 2 highlighted graduate student research work each time Change every 3 months

8. Awards? Excellent graduate students Excellent research work …

9. Research / Travelling Grants? Research / travelling grants from COMPRES for graduate students? How much? How many students? Post-docs?

10. Proposal Writing Workshop NSF proposal NASA proposal...

11. Summary What will be done? E-mail 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?