Developing Research and Teaching Capacity in the Ecological Sciences at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs)

该奖项将提供资金，通过利用国家生态观测网络(NEON)和欧空局的环境决策未来(FED)教育活动等大型生态项目的专业和频段知识，建立一支经过培训的更多样化的生态科学工作人员队伍，以便在几个少数群体服务机构(MSI)进行跨学科研究和教育推广。科学与工程联盟公司(SEA)和美国生态学会(ESA)提议举办两个研讨会，让少数族裔服务机构的教职员工和研究生参加下一届美国生态学会年会。第一个研讨会将为教师提供一个论坛，让他们了解基础设施支持的大陆规模的研究、技术和协议，以实施与Neon等大型项目相吻合的本地研究，并与其他MSI和生态学家发展合作伙伴关系。第二期讲习班将侧重于利用大规模数据集让HBCU和MSI参与教育。学员将在本科生物学教育的愿景与变革的背景下获得数据分析和系统教育的知识，学生对关键生态概念的常见误解，以及与在课堂上引入大规模数据分析相关的评估策略。这些讲习班战略性地以服务不足的社区为目标，以提高他们在大陆范围生态方面的培训和研究能力。通过参加研讨会和参加欧空局年会，与会者将增加他们的知识、技能和进行大规模研究的能力，并为学生在新的生态领域的前沿研究未来做好准备。

This award will provide funds to build a more diverse ecological science workforce trained to undertake trans-disciplinary research and educational outreach at several of the Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) by leveraging the expertiseband knowledge of large ecological projects such as the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and ESA's Future of Environmental Decisions (FED) education activities. The Science and Engineering Alliance, Inc. (SEA) and the Ecological Society of America (ESA) propose to conduct two workshops that will bring faculty and graduate students from Minority Serving Insitutions to the next Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. The first workshop will provide a forum for faculty to gain knowledge of infrastructure enabled continental scale research, technologies and protocols to implement local research that dovetails with large projects like NEON, and develop collaborative partnerships with other MSIs and Ecologists. The second workshop will focus on Engaging HBCUs and MSIs in Education Using Large Scale Datasets. Participants will gain knowledge of data analysis and systems eduction in the context of Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, common student misconceptions of key ecological concepts, and assessment strategies associated with introducing large scale data analysis in the classroom. The workshops strategically target underserved communities to increase their training and research capabilities in continental scale ecology. Through participation in the workshops and participation in the ESA Annual Meeting, the participants will increase their knowledge, skills, and ability to conduct large scale research and prepare students for a research future at the lead edge of a new field of ecology.