Are you an early- or mid-career researcher or industry professional looking to sharpen your research ideas, find interdisciplinary collaborators, and dedicate focused time to strengthen your research and partnerships?
Join us in October for a hands-on regional symposium designed to advance your research, expand your network, and build your funding portfolio. Whether your work directly connects to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) directorate or aligns conceptually with its broader themes, this event is designed to move your ideas forward.
Attendance is limited.
Applications accepted until September 4, 2026.
Why Attend?
- Mentorship & Expert Guidance: Gain direct insights from experienced faculty, industry mentors, and funding experts on proposal strategy, logic models, and crafting competitive concepts that align with federal priorities.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Discover new partners through rapid lightning talks and small-group discussions tailored to find common research interests. While this symposium focuses on interest areas of the NSF Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering (), it is open to all fields.
- Dedicated Idea Development & Writing Time: Move beyond preliminary concepts with structured small-group sessions that leverage the expertise of all participants.
- Strategic NSF Priorities: Learn how to align your ideas with current NSF and Federal strategic goals and expectations.
- Regional Relevance: This symposium’s goal is to strengthen research and development capacity in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire and develop the industry partnerships that will shape our region.
- Travel support: Travel support will be provided, per the conditions of the award.
What previous attendees valued most:
“The small group with other colleagues helped me feel more confident that my idea was worth working on more and help[ed] me think about how to make it more powerful.”
“Face-to-face conversations created a much stronger sense of connection and collaboration… I realized there are several people I can collaborate with.
TRAVEL SUPPORT PROVIDED per the conditions of the award.
- What: Regional NSF CISE- Fall New England Regional AI & Quantum Information Science Symposium
- When: October 13-14, 2026
- Where: University of Maine, GEM Building, Orono, ME
- Questions: Direct inquiries to Anne Heberger Marino, Associate Director of Maine EPSCoR: anne.marino@maine.edu.
