HBCU-UP Education Research: Enhancing Research Productivity of Early CAREER STEM Faculty at HBCUs

由少数民族素质教育（QEM）网络发起的题为“确定提高hbcu STEM学科早期职业教师研究生产力的最低条件”的项目，旨在确定显著提高hbcu STEM教师研究能力和学术生产力的条件。QEM在帮助少数族裔服务机构（msi）的STEM教师提高学术生产力方面的经验表明，解决这一问题的项目必须具备以下条件：教师有足够的空闲时间进行研究项目；在编制研究建议方面的培训；培养有效指导学生的技能；高级研究员指导；有机会参加和出席以学科为重点的会议；了解如何将研究与教学相结合，以及如何建立和维持有效的合作。在外部咨询委员会的指导和一组精选的高级STEM研究人员的帮助下，QEM将在选定的STEM学科中招募，选择并为20名助理教授提供机会（最多10个不同的HBCUs中每个至少两名），以提高他们的研究效率和指导技能。该项目将使QEM能够评估提供这些条件是否会导致预期的结果。在美国国家科学基金会的研究理事会中，STEM教师的参与和奖励的增加将导致hbcu的基础设施的增强和研究活动的增加，并将越来越多的MSI教师的经验和观点带入国家的STEM知识库。

The project entitled - Identifying Minimal Conditions Essential to Enhancing Research Productivity of Early Career Faculty in Selected STEM Disciplines at HBCUs - by the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network seeks to identify the conditions that significantly enhance the research capacity and scholarly productivity of STEM faculty at the participating HBCUs.QEM's experience in assisting STEM faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to enhance their scholarly productivity suggests the following conditions as essential components of a project to address this question: adequate release time for faculty to conduct research projects; training in the preparation of research proposals; developing skills to effectively mentor students; mentoring from a senior researcher; opportunities to attend and present at discipline-focused conferences; and an understanding of ways to integrate research into teaching and of how to build and sustain effective collaborations.QEM, with guidance from an External Advisory Committee and assistance from a select group of senior STEM researchers, will recruit, select, and provide the opportunity for 20 assistant professors in selected STEM disciplines (at least two each from up to ten different HBCUs) to enhance their research productivity and mentoring skills. The project will enable QEM to assess whether providing these conditions leads to the desired results. Increased STEM faculty participation and awards in NSF's research directorates will lead to enhanced infrastructure and increased research activity at HBCUs as well as bring the experience and perspective of increasing numbers of MSI faculty to the Nation's STEM knowledge base.