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

由少数族裔优质教育(QEM)网络发起的题为--确定提高HBCU选定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参与HBCU的STEM教师的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教师提高他们的学术生产力方面的经验表明，以下条件是解决这一问题的项目的基本组成部分：为教师开展研究项目提供足够的释放时间；培训研究提案的准备；培养有效指导学生的技能；来自高级研究员的指导；QEM将在外部咨询委员会的指导下，在选定的STEM研究人员小组的协助下，招聘、遴选并为选定的STEM学科的20名助理教授(最多两名来自最多10个不同的HBCU)提供机会，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产生预期的结果。增加STEM教员的参与和对NSF研究主任的奖励将导致HBCU基础设施的增强和研究活动的增加，并将MSI教员数量增加的经验和观点带到国家的STEM知识库中。

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.