Partnerships: Workshop on Non-profit/NSF Collaborations

会议“伙伴关系：非营利/NSF合作研讨会”将于2015年5月28日至29日在美国国家科学基金会举行。美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和非营利组织都为美国数学和物理科学的基础研究企业提供关键支持。虽然这些资助者的使命不同，但他们的许多目标是一致的，受赠者社区有很大的重叠。 近年来，私人组织的努力在整个科学资助中发挥了越来越重要的作用。存在着巨大的机会：私人支持可以非常灵活，允许以发现为导向的调查超出公共资金所能容忍的范围。本次研讨会将探讨NSF数学和物理科学理事会与私人基金会建立有效合作关系的方式，并将研究NSF数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）与MPS相关学科的非营利资助者之间的合作关系，以了解不同的合作模式（“如何”）; -理解合作的不同动机（“为什么”）;以及-为未来的沟通和/或合作创造机会。在审查了各种类型的伙伴关系之后，与会者将讨论未来协调的创造性机会。讨论将涉及科学重点和后勤考虑。讲习班的中心活动将是一系列案例研究和一系列小组讨论，并向整个讲习班提交报告。一名技术撰稿人将为一份将广泛提供的报告做笔记和综合总结。

The meeting "Partnerships: Workshop on Non-profit/NSF Collaborations" will take place at the National Science Foundation on May 28-29, 2015. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and non-profit organizations each provide critical support to the U.S. basic research enterprise in the mathematical and physical sciences. While the missions of these funders differ, many of their goals align and the grantee communities have significant overlap. In recent years, efforts of private organizations have played a more and more significant part of the whole picture of the funding of science. There are great opportunities: private support can be very flexible and allow discovery-driven investigation beyond what public funding can tolerate. This workshop will explore the ways in which the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the NSF and private foundations can form useful partnerships.This workshop will examine partnerships between the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at NSF and non-profit funders in MPS-related disciplines to - understand different models of collaboration (the "how"); - understand different motivations for collaboration (the "why"); and - develop opportunities for future communication and/or collaboration. After examining partnerships of various types, participants will discuss creative opportunities for future coordination. Discussions will entail both scientific focus and logistical considerations. The central events of the workshop will be a series of case studies, and a series of small-group discussions with reports back to the workshop as a whole. A technical writer will take notes and synthesize take-away themes for a report that will be made widely available.