ASEE/NSF Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship Program

ASEE/NSF 小企业博士后研究多样性奖学金计划

• 批准号: 1552305
• 负责人: Damon Tull
• 金额: $ 966.22万
• 依托单位: American Society For Engineering Education
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1552305&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ASEE; NSF; Small; Business; Postdoctoral

The intellectual merit of this proposal is that this program allows highly educated scientists and engineers to acquire real-life research experience and to bring the latest innovative theories and techniques from the academic community o the country?s entrepreneurial technology sector. By working in a cutting-edge laboratory where research and development are accomplished within a framework of expected business outcomes and business constraints, researchers learn to work in multidisciplinary teams and to apply their academic expertise to the important work of product development and application in a globally competitive environment. The small businesses benefit from the fresh insights and most current technological skills and training that the recent postdoctoral students would bring. The program puts those skills and that training to work at creative and inventive research companies which otherwise would not be able to afford such expertise. These pairings would provide active SBIR Phase II companies the opportunity to enhance innovative collaboration, strengthen scientific rigor, and quicken the pace of technological breakthrough. Fellows are also encouraged to publish their work within the overall publishing guidelines set by each participating company.The broader impact of this program is to broaden participation of underrepresented groups such as women, AfricanAmericans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders in small high-tech companies supported by the NSF SBIR/STTR program. ASEE has proposed stronger outreach strategies than implemented in the current grant to increase visibility and diversity by reaching out to institutions that supply a high number of candidates from underrepresented demographic groups. ASEE is strengthening its outreach by attending postdoctoral and professional organizational conferences that typically target women and underrepresented groups in STEM fields and by having a proactive presence in social media.

这一提议的智力价值在于，该计划允许受过高等教育的科学家和工程师获得现实生活中的研究经验，并将学术界最新的创新理论和技术带到国家。美国创业技术部门。通过在尖端的实验室工作，在预期的业务成果和业务约束框架内完成研究和开发，研究人员学习在多学科团队中工作，并在全球竞争环境中将他们的学术专业知识应用于产品开发和应用的重要工作。小企业受益于最新的博士后学生将带来的新的见解和最新的技术技能和培训。该项目将这些技能和培训应用于创造性和创造性的研究公司，否则这些公司将负担不起这样的专业知识。这些合作将为活跃的SBIR二期公司提供加强创新合作、加强科学严谨性和加快技术突破步伐的机会。还鼓励研究员在每个参与公司制定的总体出版指南内发表他们的作品。该项目的更广泛影响是扩大妇女、非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人和夏威夷/太平洋岛民等代表性不足的群体在NSF SBIR/STTR项目支持的小型高科技公司中的参与。ASEE提出了比目前拨款实施的更强有力的外展战略，通过接触那些提供大量来自代表性不足的人口群体的候选人的机构，提高知名度和多样性。ASEE正在通过参加博士后和专业组织会议来加强其外展活动，这些会议通常针对STEM领域的女性和代表性不足的群体，并积极参与社交媒体。