2014 NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Workshop: Interdisciplinarity and Innovation

美国国家科学院最近的报告指出，美国的竞争力正在减弱，需要多元化的劳动力来推动创新。联邦政府资助的大学研究是创新的有力推动力，少数族裔和妇女仍然是一个未充分开发的人才来源。这个研讨会，针对妇女和代表性不足的少数民族工程学院，将于2014年8月21日至22日在NSF进行。 它将为参与者提供专业发展的机会，并有机会更好地了解如何识别，进行和资助跨学科团队进行的变革性研究。在此过程中，研讨会解决了国家科学基金会的战略目标和国家的关键需求，这些需求与我们的全球竞争力和改善国民经济有关。在PI领导的以前研讨会中采用的过去专业发展模式的基础上，并结合解决跨学科和研究创新的规划，EFRI资助的研讨会具有独特的成功定位。教师参与者将更好地了解跨学科和什么构成了前沿的变革性研究，如何将团队聚集在一起，以定义一个重要的研究问题/挑战，并制定解决它的战略，如何领导跨学科团队和管理大型复杂项目，以及如何网络和利用机会。研讨会的形式将包括一系列信息和互动会议，为期一天半。它的组织是专门解决专业发展，领导和创新沿着项目管理，以支持变革性研究。参与者将从全国各地的机构招募，特别强调少数民族服务机构和演讲者将从工程师学院，联邦机构，高级教师和管理人员，NSF项目官员和成功的EFRI获奖者中选出。

Recent reports from the National Academies speak to the weakening of U.S. competitiveness and the need for a diverse workforce to drive innovation. Federally funded university research is a proven driver of innovation, and minorities and women remain an insufficiently tapped talent source. This workshop, targeted towards women and underrepresented minority engineering faculty, will be conducted at NSF on August 21-22, 2014. It will provide participants with opportunities for professional development and a chance to gain a better understanding of how to identify, conduct and fund transformative research carried out by interdisciplinary teams. In doing so, the workshop addresses strategic goals of the National Science Foundation and critical needs of the nation related to our global competiveness and an improved national economy.Building upon past professional development models employed in previous workshops led by the PI and incorporating programming that addresses interdisciplinarity and research innovation, this EFRI funded workshop is uniquely positioned for success. Faculty participants will gain a better understanding of interdisciplinarity and what constitutes cutting-edge transformative research, how to bring a team together to define an important research problem/challenge and develop a strategy to address it, how to lead interdisciplinary teams and manage large complex projects, and how to network and exploit opportunities. The workshop format will consist of a series of informational and interactive sessions over a 1 ½ day period. It is organized to specifically address professional development, leadership and innovation along with project management in support of transformative research. Participants will be recruited from institutions across the country with a special emphasis on minority serving institutions and presenters will be drawn from the academy of engineers, federal agencies, senior faculty and administrators, NSF program officers, and successful EFRI awardees.