Planning Grant for the The Howard University Institute of Psychological Science Excellence in STEM Workforce Development and Education of Women and Girls

这项计划赠款建议的主要目标是实现以下目标：(1)完成两个档案数据手稿项目--第一个关于黑人妇女？S在科学史上的生活和作用，特别是她们在HBCU的领导作用；第二个关于HBCU数学和科学中学黑人青少年在成就动机和身份认同方面的性别差异；以及(2)巩固与大学和学院、工业界、专业学校、工业界和国家实验室的正式合作伙伴关系谅解备忘录。该提案采用了行为科学的理论模型来开展活动，这些活动将填补种族、性别和STEM劳动力发展和教育交叉领域的学术空白。此外，它还建议为该机构未来的竞争性赠款建议和慈善捐赠的制定提供坚实的基础。就该项目的短期广泛影响而言，它建议建立正式的合作伙伴关系，使不同类型的机构具有互补的优势，并在扩大代表不足群体在STEM中的参与方面发挥全国领导作用的良好记录。此外，它还建议产生和广泛传播能够为未来的中等和高等教育教育研究的理论、方法和实践提供信息的学术知识。该项目的成果将通过研究小组的专业协会和网络以及霍华德大学传播办公室在国内和国际上广泛传播。国家的全球竞争力及其重新确立其在科技教育和创新方面的世界领先地位的能力，需要联邦、企业、私人和机构在女性创新者的学术和专业发展方面进行大量投资(Tchen&Amp；Jarret，2011)。行为科学家的持续参与是STEM人才培养的一项重要但通常被忽视的国家战略。

The primary goal of this planning grant proposal is to achieve the following objectives (1) complete two archival data manuscript projects- the first on Black women?s lives and roles in the history of science generally and their leadership at HBCUs in particular and the second on gender differences in achievement motivation and identity of Black adolescents in an HBCU middle school of mathematics and science; and (2) solidify formal collaborative partnership memorandum of understanding with universities and colleges, industry, a professional school, industry, and a national laboratory. The proposal adopts a behavioral science theoretical model to engage in activities that will fill significant gaps in the scholarship of the intersections of race, gender, and STEM workforce development and education. In addition, it also proposes to provide a firm foundation for the formulation of future competitive grant proposals and philanthropic giving for this institute.In terms of the project's short term broad impacts, it proposes to establish formal collaborative partnerships to engage diverse institution types with complementary strengths and proven track records of leading the nation in broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM. Moreover, it proposes to produce and broadly disseminate scholarship that can inform future theory, method, and practice in secondaryandhighereducationactionresearch. The results from this project will be disseminated broadly both nationally and internationally through the professional societies and networks of the research team, as well as through the Howard University Office of Communications. The global competitiveness of the nation and its ability to reestablish itself as a world leader in scientific and technological education and innovation requires significant federal, corporate, private, and institutional investment in the scholarship and professional development of female innovators (Tchen & Jarret, 2011). The sustained engagement of behavioral scientists is an important but typically overlooked national strategy for STEM human talent development.