FY 2002/03 Department Lottery Request

College of Liberal Arts

Proposals will be reviewed and prioritized by the CLA Budget Committee plus the two College Lottery Committee members.

Email this form as an attachment to rrod@csulb.edu no later than Dec 3, 2001

Proposals should be consistent with CSU guidelines for Lottery expenditures.

Submit one form for each budget request.

Department: Philosophy

Program Name: Cognitive Science Program

Resources Needed:

Brief description of program and its value to the instructional program:

1. Description of the Proposed Project:

With the help of the University, College of Liberal Arts, and the Student Philosophy Association I have organized a large national interdisciplinary four day conference on Cognitive Science for April 11th-14th 2002. The Journal of Experimental and Theoretic Artificial Intelligence will publish the conference papers in a special double edition as well as an edited volume through Francis and Taylor. I have also submitted a proposal for a capstone interdisciplinary course entitled "Introduction to Cognitive Science" with the assistance of an Educational Innovation Award. The proposed grant would provide an initial operating budget for the Center for Cognitive Science. The Center will serve as the next crucial step towards an interdisciplinary program in Cognitive Science. The initial grant will enable the Center to bring speakers, develop course proposals, develop a proposal for a minor in Cognitive Science, support grant development, as well as offering publicity for planned programs. I am currently looking at various possibilities for long term public funds to support the Center (through the National Endowment for the Humanities, the California Commission on Higher Education, etc.). In addition, Diana Walker (Director of Development for the College of Liberal Arts) is currently researching possible external funding through private foundations and government institutions.

2.) Additional Immediate and Future Benefits of a Center for Cognitive Science:

The Center's mission will be to provide a central resource for coordinating between and fostering growth in the various disciplines and students involved in Cognitive Science. Specifically, the Center will provide; (1) resources for the development of Cognitive Science course proposals in the relevant departments. (2) It will facilitate the development of a proposal for a Cognitive Science minor. (3) It will create a small Cognitive Science scholarship for the purpose of supporting current students or recruiting students who have special interests in Cognitive Science. (4) It will provide a common pool of Cognitive Science resources for students, instructors, and researchers (such as on-line tutorials, lecture notes, access to electronic data bases, peer feedback forums, computational and instructional equipment, etc.), (5) It will support the formation of a Cognitive Science reading group for students and faculty. (6) It will provide an institutional presence for researchers who apply for future grants in Cognitive Science, and resources to support such applications. (7) The Center will sponsor (or offer additional support) for speakers, conferences, and projects on topics in Cognitive Science (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Memory and Problem Solving, Consciousness, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, etc.). (8) It will function to coordinate interdisciplinary Cognitive Science projects on campus (e.g., possible internships, collaborative research, course offerings across the curriculum, etc.). (9) It will also provide a platform for reaching out to the community and other research institutions where appropriate (e.g., placing students, attracting and coordinating national conferences at CSULB, internships, public lectures, etc.). (10) It will play an active role in recruiting and fostering development of Cognitive Science students. (11) It will establish a national public face for Cognitive Science at CSULB through the April 2002 conference, "Cognitive Science in the New Millennium Foundations, Directions, Applications, and Problems" and the publication of the resulting volumes. (12) The center will further establish a national public face for Cognitive Science at CSULB by creating a web site for Cognitive Science at CSULB. (13) The center will facilitate the purchase of equipment and training necessary to take advantage of the University's newly developed video conferencing server capacities thereby allowing students and faculty greater interactive exposure to national figures in Cognitive Science whose schedules or post 9/11 concerns would not allow them to visit campus. This will also serve to lower the overall operating budget for speaker events since it will not require travel and lodging funds.

3. Itemized budget:

$18,900	Budget

This will be used to cover the costs of:

a.	honoraria for 6 speakers for Fall 2002 and Spring 2002 ($3,600)

b.	travel funds for 6 speakers for Fall 2002 and Spring 2002 symposiums ($4,000)

c.	publicity for the Fall and Spring 2002 symposiums, new courses, and minor ($1,300)

d.	reception costs for Fall and Spring 2002 symposiums ($1,200)

e.	copying costs for general business ($1000)

f.	reception costs for 2 CSULB student and faculty organizational/outreach meetings ($200)

g.	cost of equipment/training for video conferencing and development of resource pool ($2600)

h.	cost of student scholarship fund and organization ($5000)

$6660	Student Assistant Salary

20 hrs/week at $12/hr for 25 weeks = $6000

Fringe benefits at 11% = $660

Total budget requested: $25,560