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（QEM）网络将在2年制和4年制少数民族服务机构（MSIs）为STEM教师举办提案开发研讨会，以提高他们对国家科学基金会（NSF）科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的了解并提高其竞争力。MSIs在STEM学科代表性不足的群体的学士学位获得者的生产中以及在代表性不足的本科生的不成比例的生产中发挥着至关重要的作用，这些本科生继续获得STEM高级学位。增加MSIs的S-STEM奖项将有助于MSIs发展和维持STEM专业的学生入学率和入学率。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。该研讨会将支持来自20个有兴趣开发有竞争力的S-STEM提案的MSIs的两人教师团队。与会者还将参加一系列研讨会后的个性化会议，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具有STEM和STEM教育专业知识的顾问团队提供，包括NSF赠款PI和教育研究人员。为了提高个人和跨机构的能力和合作，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NSF项目官员联系。在线平台将允许该项目在研讨会之外提供额外的支持，包括参与与S-STEM计划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，这将有利于参与机构以及与S-STEM计划有关的其他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.