2016 Pan-REU PI Workshop: Leveraging Excellence Through Collaboration Across REU Programs, April 28-30, 2016, Arlington, VA

威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校提议为来自所有学科的NSF REU研究中心首席研究员（PI）组织一次研讨会。该奖项由生物科学（BIO），计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE），教育和人力资源（EHR），工程（ENG），地球科学（GEO），数学和物理科学（MPS）以及社会，行为和经济科学（SBE）部门支持。2016年Pan-REU PI研讨会的目标是利用所有学科的最佳实践并促进合作。会议将涉及来自整个REU社区的约80名PI，代表学科，机构类型和人口统计方面的全面多样性。这些PI将由负责每个董事会REU计划的NSF计划官员提名。反映REU计划多样性的一小群PI领导人将组成一个指导委员会来制定会议议程。一个预定的议程项目是讨论在线学生评估调查，这是专门为NSF REU项目开发的。这项调查将提供显着的成本节约，并允许在一个程序和跨程序的学生培训成果的分析。泛REU PI研讨会的结构既提供了大组设置传播关键信息，如在线学生评估调查，并促进分享最佳实践和促进小组和网络会议的合作。研讨会将允许所有学科提供输入的设计和使用的学生评估工具，这将是提供给任何PI的一个REU网站程序。该工具如果得到适当实施，将为方案节省大量资金。此外，集体使用该工具产生的汇总数据对评价研究人员也非常有用。研讨会的材料和调查结果将报告给NSF，并提供给整个REU社区。 欲了解更多信息，请联系PI Janet Branchaw博士（branchaw@wisc.edu）。

The University of Wisconsin-Madison proposes to organize a workshop for NSF REU Site Principal Investigators (PIs) from all disciplines. This award is supported by Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education and Human Resources (EHR), Engineering (ENG), Geosciences (GEO), Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE).The goal of the 2016 Pan-REU PI workshop is to leverage best practices from all disciplines and promote collaboration. The meeting will involve approximately 80 PIs from across the REU community representing the full diversity in terms of discipline, type of institution, and demographics. These PIs will be nominated by the NSF program officers responsible for REU programs in each directorate. A smaller group of PI leaders reflecting the diversity of the REU program will form a Steering Committee to develop the meeting agenda. One predetermined agenda item is to discuss an online student assessment survey, which has been developed specifically for NSF REU programs. This survey will provide significant cost savings and allow analysis of student training outcomes within a program and across programs. The Pan-REU PI workshop is structured to provide both large group settings for dissemination of key information, such as the online student assessment survey, and to facilitate sharing of best practices and promote collaboration in small group and networking sessions. The workshop will allow all disciplines to provide input in the design and use of the student assessment tool, which would be available to any PI of an REU Site program. The tool, when properly implemented, will result in significant savings to the programs. In addition, the aggregate data resulting from the collective use of the tool can be very useful for evaluation researchers. The workshop materials and findings will be reported to NSF and made available to the entire REU community. More information is available by contacting the PI, Dr. Janet Branchaw at branchaw@wisc.edu.