Exploring a Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees, LANCA

摘要：主要研究者：Randolph S. duran提案：eps -1047309机构：路易斯安那州立大学标题：探索路易斯安那州国家科学基金会职业奖获得者，lanca。NSF早期职业发展（Career）奖获得者（统称为总统青年研究者（PYIs）， NSF青年研究者（NYIs）和职业奖获得者），并建立一个机制来评估和评估这一群体的影响？在国家内部的科学和教育事业的合作努力。此外，提案者将探索在其他九个EPSCoR管辖区开展类似的合作。提议者设想一个为期两天的会议，将包括来自路易斯安那州22个州的参与者。包括四所传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）在内的提供学士学位或更高学位的机构。目标院校的范围很广——公立的、私立的、地区的、少数民族服务的、研究密集型的，主要是本科生。来自其他EPSCoR管辖区的受邀参与者将在评估研讨会中发挥作用。的成效，以及促进获嘉许人士在各自司法管辖区的合作。智力价值：智力价值集中于建立一个杰出的职业获奖者社区，他们的合作可以显著加强主要位于美国东南部的几个EPSCoR管辖区的STEM研究和教育企业。智力上的优点与在拟议的组织中播种有关？路易斯安那国家科学基金会职业奖获得者？（LANCA），可由其他司法管辖区加以调整和/或采用。由此产生的学院？将设法：(i)促进获奖者的持续职业发展，（ii）协调和加强司法管辖区内的教育/外展活动，（iii）系统地识别、鼓励和指导潜在的未来职业获奖者，以及（iv）承担由参与者集体决定的额外科学、政策和服务活动，以及(v)作为促进跨司法管辖区合作的资源，并协助年轻教师申请职业奖。更广泛的影响：一个凝聚力强、积极性高的青年群体可能产生的更广泛的影响。为下一代科学家和工程师的利益而致力于STEM研究和教育的研究人员可能会对路易斯安那州的STEM研究和教育事业产生变革性影响。拟议工作的其他更广泛的影响在于使用小组评估和评估的结果？美国的努力，并将这些信息传播给其他EPSCoR管辖区，供它们在发起类似的伙伴关系时使用。评估类别将包括NSF资助对获奖者的影响，包括保留趋势、纵向资助和专业成功以及其他指标。

Abstract Principal Investigator: Randolph S. DuranProposal: EPS-1047309Institution: Louisiana State University Title: Exploring a Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees, LANCAThis proposers seek to seed the collaborative engagement of Louisiana?s NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awardees (collectively defined as Presidential Young Investigators (PYIs), NSF Young Investigators (NYIs), and CAREER awardees) and establish a mechanism to assess and evaluate the impact of this group?s collaborative efforts on the science and education enterprise within in the state. In addition, the proposers will explore seeding similar collaborative efforts in nine other EPSCoR jurisdictions. The proposers envision a two-day conference that will include participants from twenty-two of Louisiana?s institutions that provide baccalaureate or higher degrees, including four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The targeted institutions represent a broad range - public, private, regional, minority serving, research intensive, and primarily undergraduate. Invited participants from other EPSCoR jurisdictions will have a role in evaluating the workshop?s effectiveness and in seeding collaborations of CAREER awardees within their respective jurisdictions.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit centers on establishing an eminent community of CAREER awardees whose collaborations could significantly strengthen the STEM research and education enterprise of several EPSCoR jurisdictions located primarily in the southeastern United States. The intellectual merit is associated with seeding the proposed organization of a ?Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees? (LANCA) which could be adapted and/or adopted by other jurisdictions. The resulting ?academies? would seek to: (i) enhance continued career development of awardees, (ii) coordinate and strengthen educational/outreach activities within the jurisdictions, (iii) systematically identify, encourage and mentor potential future CAREER awardees, and (iv) undertake additional scientific, policy, and service activities determined collectively by the participants, and (v) serve as a resource to stimulate collaborations across the jurisdictions and to assist young faculty in applying for CAREER awards.Broader Impacts: The potential broader impacts of a cohesive, highly motivated group of ?young? investigators who are committed to STEM research and education for the benefit of next generation scientists and engineers could have a transformative impact on the STEM research and education enterprise of Louisiana. Additional broader impacts of the proposed work lie in the use of outcomes from the evaluation and assessment of the group?s efforts and the dissemination of that information to other EPSCoR jurisdictions for their use in initiating similar partnerships. Assessment categories will include the impact of the NSF funding on the awardees via trends in retention, longitudinal grant and professional success, and other indicators.