Developing Capacity for Broadening Participation in the Biological Sciences Directorate: Faculty Travel Grant for JAM10 Washington, DC

智力价值JAM 2010的主要目标是发展参与NSF人力资源开发项目的机构之间的合作，并在未被充分代表的学生和教职员工之间发展与国家科学基金会的关系。利用现有的会议结构，代表不足的教职员工，特别是那些对国家科学基金会生物科学局的研究感兴趣的助理教授，将在会议期间参加网络和专业发展会议。任何加强教师合作和研究项目发展技能的努力都必须从了解赞助商需求的坚实基础开始。这次会议将试图实现以下成果：(A)向代表不足的教职员工提供有关NSF生物科学理事会需求和计划的详细信息。(B)建立一个由在生物科学方面有共同兴趣的任职人数不足的教职员工组成的强大网络。(C)促进任职人数不足的研究人员更广泛地参与国家科学基金会提交的生物科学提案。(D)发展代表性不足的教师合作小组，这些小组将确定并致力于研究项目，以促进国家的生物科学研究议程。广泛影响联合年会(JAM)会议内的这个专业发展研讨会，尽管目标是生物理事会，但可以被国家科学基金会的其他科学和工程理事会改编和采用。此外，聘用代表性不足的教员的机构可以鼓励这些新教员参加JAM会议，以便与他们的同行、NSF项目官员和NSF HRD首席研究员建立一个全国性的网络。所获得的信息可用于鼓励与其他联邦机构采取类似举措，以说明通过外联讲习班让任职人数不足的调查人员在职业生涯早期参与的价值。这笔旅行补助金很可能成为合作的起点，这些合作的重点是在扩大科学、技术、工程和数学学科的参与方面取得重大进展。

Intellectual MeritThe primary goal of the JAM 2010 is to develop collaborations among institutions involved in NSF HRD projects and develop relationships among underrepresented students and faculty with the National Science Foundation. Using the existing conference structure, underrepresented faculty, especially those at the assistant professor level, whose interest encompass research in the Biological Sciences Directorate of the NSF will participate in networking and professional development sessions during the conference. Any effort to strengthen faculty collaboration and research program development skills must begin with a strong foundation of understanding of the needs of the sponsor. This conference will attempt to achieve the following outcomes: (a) Provide underrepresented faculty with detailed information on the NSF Biological Sciences Directorate needs and programs. (b) Develop a strong network of underrepresented faculty who share a common interest in the Biological Sciences. (c) Promote broadening participation by underrepresented investigators in NSF's Biological Sciences submitted proposals. (d) Develop underrepresented faculty collaborative groups that will identify and work on research projects to promote the nation's biological sciences research agenda.Broader ImpactThis professional development workshop within the Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) conference, although targeting the BIO Directorate can be adapted and adopted by other Science and Engineering Directorates at the National Science Foundation. Moreover, institutions hiring underrepresented faculty can encourage these new faculty to participate in the JAM meeting in order to develop a national network with their counterparts, NSF program officers, and NSF HRD principal investigator. The information gained could be used to encourage similar initiatives with other federal agencies to illustrate the value of engaging underrepresented investigators early in their careers through outreach workshops. This travel grant is likely to be the starting point of collaborations that focus on significant advancement in broadening participation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.