24th NSF EPSCoR National Conference

非技术性描述刺激竞争性研究的实验计划（EPSCoR）举行全国会议，将来自所有EPSCoR管辖区的代表聚集在一起，讨论促进EPSCoR建设STEM研究和教育能力的目标的战略，以提高其国家竞争力。这个两年一度的活动是EPSCoR项目负责人和参与者讨论在地方，州，国家和国际层面的机遇和挑战的论坛，以及EPSCoR的努力如何共同促进科学和工程研究和教育的进步。 本次会议还展示了由NSF EPSCoR资助的项目的结果。第24届全国EPSCoR会议将于2015年11月1日至4日在新罕布什尔州的朴茨茅斯举行，预计将有约300-400名与会者。本次会议由新罕布什尔州和缅因州EPSCoR共同组织，重点是建立强有力的合作和有效的沟通技能。 第24届全国EPSCoR会议的主题是？合作：推进科学在社会服务中的作用。该会议旨在确定有效的合作战略，并推进以下目标：展示在EPSCoR管辖区的合作努力及其社会贡献;探索如何建立基于EPSCoR研究基础设施改善（RII）项目的合作？研究主题;促进大学和K-12学校在EPSCoR管辖范围内的合作，以加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）劳动力连续体;在教师，员工，学生和全州EPSCoR委员会之间建立能力，以更好地理解和沟通研究的价值及其对不同受众的更广泛影响。 本次会议将有助于建立一个强大的，协作的EPSCoR社区，在国家竞技场上做出重大贡献，并与NSF EPSCoR目标保持一致。会议活动与目标保持一致，包括全体会议和分组会议。 学生海报会议将持续两天的会议，并将突出由NSF EPSCoR RII奖项促进的研究和教育成果。将在这次会议上试验的独特组成部分是：会前研讨会，讨论强有力的合作努力的战略和工具，以及如何评估其成功;由Stoney Brook大学Alan Alda科学传播学院促进的通信研讨会，以了解有效传播EPSCoR活动的战略和对广泛利益攸关方的影响;科学咖啡馆，主题与合作的力量有关;以及关于教师招聘过程中的性别和种族偏见的应用戏剧活动。

Non-technical DescriptionThe Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) holds National Conferences that bring representatives from all EPSCoR jurisdictions together to discuss strategies to promote EPSCoR goals of building STEM research and education capacity to increase their national competitiveness. This biennial event is a forum for EPSCoR project directors and participants to discuss opportunities and challenges at the local, state, national, and international levels and how EPSCoR efforts can collectively contribute to the advancement of science and engineering research and education. This meeting also showcases results from projects funded by NSF EPSCoR. The 24th National EPSCoR Conference will be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from November 1-4, 2015 and is expected to have about 300-400 attendees. This meeting is co-organized by New Hampshire and Maine EPSCoR with a focus on building strong collaborations and effective communications skills. Technical Description The theme for the 24th National EPSCoR Conference is ?Collaboration: Advancing the Role of Science in the Service of Society.? The conference aims to identify effective collaboration strategies and advance the following objectives: showcase collaborative efforts in EPSCoR jurisdictions and their societal contributions; explore ways to build collaborations based on EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) projects? research themes; promote collaboration across universities and K-12 schools in EPSCoR jurisdictions to strengthen the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce continuum; build capacity among faculty, staff, students and statewide EPSCoR committees to better understand and communicate the value of research and its broader impacts to diverse audiences. This conference will help build a strong, collaborative EPSCoR community that contributes significantly and competes well on the national arena in alignment with NSF EPSCoR goals.The conference activities are aligned with the objectives and consist of plenary and break-out sessions. A student poster session will run through two days of the meeting and will highlight results from the research and education facilitated by NSF EPSCoR RII awards. Unique components that will be experimented at this meeting are: a pre-conference workshop to discuss strategies and tools for strong collaborative efforts and how to assess their success; communications workshops facilitated by Alan Alda School of Science Communication at Stoney Brook University to learn about strategies to effectively disseminate EPSCoR activities and impacts to broad range of stakeholders; science cafés on topics related to the power of collaboration; and an applied theater event on gender and racial biases in faculty hiring process.