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

2014 NSF 研究与创新新兴前沿 (EFRI) 研讨会：跨学科与创新

• 批准号: 1450726
• 负责人: Gilda Barabino
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450726&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2014; NSF; Emerging; Frontiers; Research

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.

美国国家科学院最近的报告谈到了美国竞争力的削弱以及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已被证明是创新的驱动力，而少数族裔和女性仍然是未得到充分开发的人才来源。该研讨会针对女性和代表性不足的少数族裔工程教师，将于 2014 年 8 月 21 日至 22 日在 NSF 举办。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、开展和资助跨学科团队开展的变革性研究。在此过程中，研讨会解决了国家科学基金会的战略目标以及与我们的全球竞争力和改善国民经济相关的国家关键需求。以 PI 领导的先前研讨会所采用的过去的专业发展模式为基础，并结合了解决跨学科和研究创新的规划，这个由 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性以及前沿变革性研究的构成，如何将团队聚集在一起定义重要的研究问题/挑战并制定解决策略，如何领导跨学科团队和管理大型复杂项目，以及如何建立网络和利用机会。研讨会的形式将包括一系列为期 1.5 天的信息和互动会议。它的组织目的是专门解决专业发展、领导力和创新以及支持变革性研究的项目管理。参与者将从全国各地的机构中招募，特别是少数族裔服务机构，演讲者将从工程师学院、联邦机构、高级教员和管理人员、NSF 项目官员以及成功的 EFRI 获奖者中挑选。