Workshop/Collaborative Research: NSF Proposal Writing Workshop at 46th SME NAMRC and ASME MSEC 2018; Texas A&M University; College Station, Texas; June 18, 2018

该奖项为举办美国国家科学基金会（NSF）提案写作研讨会提供资金，同时举办第46届制造工程师学会北美制造研究会议（NAMRC）和美国机械工程师学会制造科学与工程会议（MSEC 2018）。研讨会将于2018年6月18日星期一在德克萨斯农工大学举行，以前三届NAMRC/MSEC会议上成功举办的类似研讨会为基础。研讨会的目的是帮助未来的NSF提案提交者传达明确的研究目标和提高提案质量。参与者将学习撰写高质量的NSF提案的指导方针，重点是研究目标。研讨会期间的互动将有助于建立有意义的合作。这将对与会者的学术生涯产生积极影响，进而有助于国家人力资源的发展。此外，当提案写得很好时，审查往往更一致，NSF小组会议也更有效。研讨会的主要活动包括：美国国家科学基金会项目主任的报告，讨论示例研究目标的分组会议，小组问答时间和总结会议。来自美国各地的教授和研究生将被邀请参加研讨会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides funds to conduct a National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal-writing workshop concurrent with the 46th Society of Manufacturing Engineers North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) and the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2018). The workshop will be held at Texas A&M University on Monday, June 18, 2018, building on the success of previous similar workshops held at the three previous NAMRC/MSEC conferences. The aim of the workshop is to aid future NSF proposal submitters in communicating clear research objectives and improving proposal quality. Participants will learn guidelines for writing a quality NSF proposal with an emphasis on the research objective. Interactions during the workshop will help build meaningful collaborations. This will positively affect the attendees' academic career and, subsequently, will help develop the nation's human resources. Additionally, when proposals are well written, the reviews tend to be more consistent and NSF panel meetings are more efficient. Major activities of the workshop include: presentations by NSF program directors, breakout sessions to discuss example research objectives, a group question/answer period, and a conclusions session. Professors and graduate students from across the US will be invited to attend the workshop.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.