Increasing the Competitiveness of 2- and 4-year Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

少数民族优质教育网将为2年制和4年制少数民族服务机构的STEM教师举办一次提案制定研讨会，以增进他们对国家科学基金S科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)的了解，提高他们的竞争力。在培养STEM学科中代表性不足的群体的学士学位获得者方面，以及在不成比例地产生继续获得STEM高级学位的代表性不足的本科生方面，MSI发挥着至关重要的作用。增加MSI的S-STEM奖项将有助于MSI发展和维持STEM专业的招生和预科。此外，确保教师和学生的竞争力将增强STEM教育和STEM劳动力的多样性，这反过来将有助于美国的全球竞争力。研讨会将支持来自20家有兴趣开发S-STEM竞争性提案的MSI的两人教员团队。与会者还将参加一系列研讨会后的个别会议，这些会议将提供额外的提案指导。研讨会的内容和研讨会后的技术援助将由一个在STEM和STEM教育方面具有专业知识的顾问团队提供，其中包括国家科学基金会资助的PIs和教育研究人员。为了加强个人和跨机构的能力和协作，QEM将创建和促进由S-STEM研讨会参与者组成的实践社区，并要求他们相互联系，并与QEM工作人员、顾问和国家科学基金会项目官员建立联系。在线平台将使该项目能够在研讨会之外提供额外的支持，包括参与与S-STEM项目优先领域相关的讨论，并提供相关反馈。与项目相关的材料将在网上提供，以确保更广泛地传播信息，这些信息将有利于参与机构以及与S-STEM方案有关的其他MSI。

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network will conduct a proposal development workshop for STEM faculty at 2-year and 4-year Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to advance their knowledge of and improve their competitiveness in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. MSIs play an essential role in the production of baccalaureate degree recipients of underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines as well as in the disproportionate production of underrepresented undergraduate students who go on to receive advanced degrees in STEM. Increasing S-STEM awards at MSIs will assist MSIs in developing and sustaining student enrolment and matriculation in STEM majors. Furthermore, ensuring the competitiveness of faculty and students will enhance diversity in STEM education and STEM workforce, which in turn, will contribute to America's global competitiveness. The workshop will support two-person faculty teams from 20 MSIs interested in developing competitive S-STEM proposals. Participants will also engage in a series of post-workshop individualized sessions that will provide additional proposal guidance. The workshop content and post-workshop technical assistance will be delivered by a team of consultants with expertise in STEM and STEM education, including NSF grantee PIs and education researchers. To enhance individual and cross-institutional capacity and collaborations, QEM will create and facilitate a community of practice comprised of S-STEM workshop participants and require them to connect with each other and with QEM staff, consultants, and NSF program officers. The online platform will allow the project to offer additional support beyond the workshop including engaging in discussions related to S-STEM program priority-areas and providing relevant feedback. Project-related materials will be made available online to ensure broader dissemination of information that will be beneficial to participating institutions as well as other MSIs in relation to the S-STEM program.