Advancing the Research Profile of Small and Mid-Sized Historically Black Colleges and Universities Through a Virtual Proposal Development Center

通过虚拟提案开发中心推进中小型传统黑人学院和大学的研究概况

• 批准号: 1721530
• 负责人: Candis Pizzetta
• 金额: $ 44.32万
• 依托单位: Jackson State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1721530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advancing; Research; Profile; Small; Mid

Jackson State University will establish a virtual proposal development center (VPDC) to support small and midsized Historically Black Colleges and Universities by providing guidance to faculty at participating institutions in pre-proposal activities, including identification of appropriate funding opportunities and development of research concepts. The project aligns with the goal of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program to provide assistance to its community to increase faculty research capacity. The project's potential for transformative impact is based both on its uniqueness as an approach to supporting small, resource-impoverished institutions and on the promise it offers to increase collaborations between scholars at different institutions. The structure of the project will encourage collaborations between institutions and across science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The specific objectives of the VPDC are the following: (1) identifying the specific pre-proposal and proposal preparation needs of the targeted institutions; (2) developing mechanisms for identifying appropriate funding opportunities for the targeted institutions; (3) building a repository of proposal preparation materials; (4) assisting faculty at targeted institutions to develop concepts in line with published solicitations; and (5) establishing mechanisms for self-sustaining proposal development at participating institutions, including peer-mentoring, peer review teams, and mentoring relationships between faculty and sponsored research personnel at participating institutions. Each cohort of faculty and sponsored-research staff will complete a twelve-week online course and take part in at least one three-day writing retreat. An ongoing evaluation will assess whether or not the VPDC meets the specific needs of the participating institutions.

杰克逊州立大学将建立一个虚拟提案发展中心（VPDC），通过为参与机构的教师提供建议前活动的指导，包括确定适当的资助机会和发展研究概念，来支持中小型传统黑人学院和大学。该项目与传统黑人学院和大学本科项目的目标一致，为其社区提供援助，以提高教师的研究能力。该项目具有变革性影响的潜力，既基于它作为一种支持小型、资源贫乏的机构的方法的独特性，也基于它提供了增加不同机构学者之间合作的承诺。该项目的结构将鼓励机构之间以及科学、技术、工程和数学学科之间的合作。“建议书评审委员会”的具体目标如下：(1)确定目标机构在建议书呈交前及建议书拟备方面的具体需要；(2)建立机制，为目标院校确定适当的资助机会；（三）建立提案编制资料库；(4)协助目标院校的教师根据公开的征求意见稿开发概念；(5)建立参与院校自主提案发展机制，包括同行指导、同行评议团队以及参与院校教师与资助研究人员之间的师徒关系。每一批教师和受资助的研究人员将完成为期12周的在线课程，并参加至少一次为期三天的写作静修。一项正在进行的评估将会评估志愿服务中心是否符合参与机构的具体需要。