Invitational Seminar for Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science Faculty of Minority Institutions

本项目是国家科学基金和国家标准局面向少数民族院校教师的外展项目。拟议的会议为NSF提供了一个机会，让来自15-20个少数族裔机构的25名教职员工了解NSF相关的项目和NSF的总体情况。它还为NSF项目官员提供了一个机会，以确定少数族裔机构中的关键人员，他们可以帮助确定潜在的审查者，谁可以确定研究人员并鼓励他们参与NSF计划。这项提议的优点是：(1)以前的会议被认为对国家标准局有用，(2)联合赞助将显著降低所有赞助机构和计划的成本，(3)这种形式的活动超越了个别计划的被动方法，并对整个基金会起到了催化剂的作用。

This project is a National Science Foundation and National Bureau of Standards outreach program for faculty of minority institutions. The proposed conference presents an opportunity for NSF to acquaint 25 faculty members from 15-20 minority institutions with relevant NSF programs and NSF in general. It also provides an opportunity for NSF program officers to identify key people at minority institutions who can facilitate the identification of potential reviewers and who can identify researchers and encourage participation in NSF programs. The strengths of the proposal are that (1) prior conferences have been judged useful to the National Bureau of Standards, (2) joint sponsorship will significantly reduce the costs for all sponsoring agencies and programs, (3) this form of activity moves beyond passive approaches of individual programs and acts as a catalyst for the whole Foundation.