Priscilla J. Hill received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Clemson University and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University. Her research interests include solids processing, crystallization, and particle technology. Priscilla Hill received an NSF CAREER award in 2005. Mississippi State University is a public, land-grant, doctoral, research university classified as Doctoral/Research-Extensive by the Carnegie Foundation. As one of two land-grant institutions in the state, Mississippi State University views research in science and engineering to be an integral part of it's mission

Dr. Hill will briefly comment on effective techniques to secure NSF money.