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:

I am seeking $25,560 to fund as an initial operation budget for the purpose of developing a Cognitive Science Minor at CSULB . This budget will fund the coordination of several closely related efforts involved in establishing a Cognitive Science Minor. First, I am requesting $11,000 to fund six speakers for a year-long interdisciplinary symposium in Cognitive Science. This money will cover travel and honorarium for speakers, who will also be asked to meet with students or classes when on campus. Second, I am requesting $3,000 to 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. Third, the proposal includes $6,660 to pay for a Student Research Assistant to aid in the coordinating of the symposium and implementation of a pool of Cognitive Science teaching resources for students and faculty. Fourth, the proposal provides $4,700 to create the common pool of resources Cognitive Science teaching resources (e.g., creation of a Cognitive Science web-site for students and faculty, on-line java-based tutorials, papers, lecture notes, access to electronic data bases, peer feedback forums, computational and instructional equipment, etc. ). All funds and projects will be administered through the Center for Cognitive Science.

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

The Center's mission is to provide a central resource for coordinating between and fostering growth in the various disciplines and students involved in Cognitive Science. A large part of that goal is the introduction of a Cognitive Science minor at CSULB to allow institutional recognition of the educational accomplishments of students who work within Cognitive Science so as to further their scholarly careers and enahnce their job prospects. The Center supports the formation of a Cognitive Science reading group for students and faculty. It provides an institutional presence for researchers who apply for future grants in Cognitive Science, and resources to support such applications. It functions to coordinate interdisciplinary Cognitive Science projects on campus (e.g., possible internships, collaborative research, course offerings across the curriculum, etc.). It also provides 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.). It functions to coordinate interdisciplinary Cognitive Science projects on campus (e.g., possible internships, collaborative research, course offerings across the curriculum, etc.). It plays an active role in recruiting and fostering development of Cognitive Science students. It is establishing 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, upon which it will further build through the year-long symposium. The proposed grant will enable further the Center's general goals for student instructionin the following ways: (1) 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.), (2) 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.). (3) The center will further establish a national public face for Cognitive Science at CSULB by creating a web site for Cognitive Science at CSULB . (4) 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 ($6,000)

b.	travel funds for 6 speakers for Fall 2002 and Spring 2002 symposiums ($ 5,000)

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

d.	cost of equipment/training for video conferencing ($3000)

e.	cost of implementing teaching resource pool for students and faculty($4700)

$6660	Research Student Assistant Salary

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

Fringe benefits at 11% = $660

Total budget requested: $25,560