AGEP National Research Conference

研究生教育和教授联盟(AGEP)计划资助研究和开发、实施和调查模式，以改变博士教育的博士论文阶段，博士后培训和/或在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)和/或STEM教育研究方面历史上代表性不足的少数民族(URM)的教师晋升。这次会议的召开将把AGEP资助的研究人员聚集在一起，分享他们的研究成果和正在进行的研究，以更好地为该领域的持续研究提供信息，并更好地为该计划资助的持续研究提供信息。会议的目标是：(1)通过介绍与AGEP计划目标相关的研究结果来促进知识的发展(通过促进有关通向职业成功的途径模型的知识，增加STEM学科和STEM教育研究领域的URM教员数量)；(2)为AGEP首席研究员(PI)和一批正在进行社会科学或教育研究的高级研究生和博士后研究员提供专业发展，这些研究与增进关于STEM学术中URM的障碍和机会的知识有关；(3)通过编写和出版会议论文集来传播会议成果。为期两天的会议将包括AGEP获奖者关于可输出和可扩展的成果和他们的研究和活动的成果的演讲，这些研究和活动旨在发展、实施和调查STEM和/或STEM教育研究学科中URM的学术专业进步。其他会议将涉及但不限于：项目数据收集、存储和共享；奖项管理和资源，用于维持和扩大造福国家的项目；以及宣传战略，向公众和适当的研究界通报奖项的结果和影响。除了正式的会议和海报外，还将提供非正式互动的机会，以鼓励跨奖项合作，并在正式会议讨论的基础上激发潜在的创新。预计有200名与会者，其中有20名博士后研究员和从事研究的研究生，将出席会议并为会议成果做出贡献。额外的重点是纳入一批高级研究生和博士后研究员，这将有助于推动他们在STEM社会科学和/或STEM教育研究的学术生涯中的追求。

The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program funds research and the development, implementation, and investigation of models to transform the dissertation phase of doctoral education, postdoctoral training and/or faculty advancement of historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and/or STEM education research. This conference convening will bring together researchers who have been funded by AGEP to share their research results and ongoing studies to better inform continued investigations in the field and better inform continuing research funded by the program. The goals of the conference are to: (1) Advance knowledge with presentations of research findings, relevant to the AGEP program's goal (to increase the number of URM faculty in STEM disciplines and STEM education research fields by advancing knowledge about pathway models to career success); (2) Provide professional development for the AGEP Principal Investigators (PIs) and a select group of advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are conducting social science or educational research relevant to advancing knowledge about the barriers and opportunities for URMs in the STEM academe; (3) Disseminate the results of the conference with the production and publication of a conference proceeding volume.Two days of conference sessions will include AGEP awardee presentations about exportable and scalable results and outcomes of their research and activities to develop, implement and investigate academic professional advancement of URMs in STEM and/or STEM education research disciplines. Additional sessions will address, but are not limited to, project data collection, storage and sharing; award management and resources for sustaining and scaling projects to benefit the nation; and dissemination strategies for informing the public and the appropriate research communities about the outcomes and impacts of the awards. In addition to the formal conference sessions and posters, opportunities for less formal interactions will be available to encourage cross-award collaborations and to stimulate potential innovations beyond those discussed in the formal sessions. Two hundred (200) attendees, with 20 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who are engaged in research, are anticipated to attend and contribute to the conference outcomes. The additional focus on including a select group of advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will contribute to advancing their pursuits in academic careers in STEM social science and/or STEM educational research.