Organizer and Chair:           
Semahat S. Demir, Ph.D.
Program Director, Biomedical Engineering &
Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities
National Science Foundation

Saturday, Sept 2, 2006; 2.00PM-3.30 PM

Summary: This special symposium, in a panel format, will present an overview of bioengineering funding opportunities at NIBIB, NIGMS, NCI, NSF, NASA and DOE. Representatives from each funding agency will make a brief presentation. There will be a question and answer session at the end.

Speakers:
David Thomassen (DOE) [David.Thomassen@science.doe.gov]
David L. Tomko (NASA) [dtomko@nasa.gov]
William Heetderks (NIH/NIBIB)  [heetderw@mail.nih.gov]
Semahat S. Demir (NSF) [sdemir@nsf.gov]

Presentations:

1. NASA IEEE BME Sept 2 2006
2. DOE IEEE 2006 Bioengineering
3. NSF Funding EMBS Sep 2 2006
4. Funding Opportunities