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

智力MeritThe 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，并发展代表性不足的学生和教师与国家科学基金会之间的关系。利用现有的会议结构，代表性不足的教师，特别是那些在助理教授一级，其兴趣包括在NSF的生物科学理事会的研究将参加会议期间的网络和专业发展会议。任何加强教师合作和研究项目开发技能的努力都必须开始以了解赞助商的需求为坚实的基础。本次会议将试图实现以下成果：（a）提供有关NSF生物科学理事会的需求和计划的详细信息，代表性不足的教师。(b)发展一个强大的代表性不足的教师网络，他们在生物科学方面有着共同的兴趣。(c)促进代表性不足的研究人员扩大参与NSF的生物科学提交的建议。(d)发展代表性不足的教师合作小组，将确定和研究项目的工作，以促进国家的生物科学研究agenda.Broader ImpactThis联合年会（JAM）会议内的专业发展研讨会，虽然针对BIO董事会可以适应和通过其他科学和工程董事会在国家科学基金会。此外，雇用代表性不足的教师的机构可以鼓励这些新教师参加JAM会议，以便与他们的同行，NSF项目官员和NSF HRD首席研究员建立全国网络。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。这笔旅费赠款可能是合作的起点，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.