Conference: Plant Biology 2019 PUI Faculty Development Workshop, San Jose, CA; August 3-7, 2019

会议：植物生物学 2019 PUI 教师发展研讨会，加利福尼亚州圣何塞；

• 批准号: 1923963
• 负责人: Crispin Taylor
• 金额: $ 4.11万
• 依托单位: American Society of Plant Biologists
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1923963&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Plant; Biology; 2019; PUI

This award supports travel to the American Society of Plant Biologist's (ASPB's) annual Plant Biology 2019 conference for individuals associated with Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) attending a half-day workshop focused on designing undergraduate research projects to increase the probability of publication and a PUI career panel discussion. PUI faculty focus predominantly on undergraduate education and research, making significant contributions to science by generating knowledge in their fields while mentoring future researchers. PUIs are critical incubators of the next generation of scientists; students who attend institutions with a focus on undergraduate teaching and research are more likely to remain in a STEM major, compared to those at institutions with a greater emphasis on graduate programs. For underrepresented minority students, training programs that include combinations of research experience and mentorship have broadened participation in the STEM disciplines. However, scientists entering faculty careers at PUIs face a difficult transition from a research-intensive environment to a heavy teaching load, typically with the expectation of mentoring undergraduate research; limited funding; and few colleagues with similar research interests. ASPB and the Plant Biology conference provide important resources for plant biologists at PUIs to maintain connections with the broader scientific community. Although it is the travel awardees and those who attend the workshop and panel who will receive the most direct support from this funding, this professional development opportunity will provide far-reaching benefits to their undergraduate researchers, ASPB, and the federal agencies that support PUI research.Grant funding will support greater PUI faculty participation at Plant Biology 2019 through competitive travel grants and PUI-specific programing, including a career panel, half-day workshop, and section meeting. Despite 1/3 of PhD students and postdocs expressing a strong interest in PUI careers, scant attention is paid to mentoring pre- and early career PUI faculty, especially those from underrepresented minorities, toward establishing academic independence. The PUI career panel at Plant Biology 2019 addresses requests from graduate students and postdocs for information about career paths and opportunities at PUIs. Those attending the panel will have the opportunity to enter into one-on-one partnerships with experienced PUI faculty who will help those preparing for or beginning a PUI career. In addition, colleagues at R1 institutions will learn how to best support and advise graduate students and postdocs in their labs who are applying to PUI faculty positions. A specific challenge for faculty at PUI institutions is taking research conducted by multiple undergraduates (who are often involved with a project for a short duration), and piecing that work together into "publishable units". The PUI workshop will focus on designing undergraduate research projects with publication in mind and navigating the writing and publication process once the research is completed. Workshop participants will leave better equipped to take the knowledge generated in their labs and disseminate it through publications in their field. This will not only benefit those faculty members and their students, but also increase the rate and extent of dissemination of scientific knowledge. This award was co-funded by the Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics Program and the Plant Genome Research Program in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.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.

该奖项支持前往美国植物生物学家协会（ASPB）年度植物生物学2019年会议，与私立本科院校（PUI）相关的个人参加为期半天的研讨会，重点是设计本科研究项目，以增加出版的可能性和PUI职业小组讨论。 PUI教师主要专注于本科教育和研究，通过在他们的领域产生知识，同时指导未来的研究人员，为科学做出重大贡献。 PUI是下一代科学家的关键孵化器;与那些更重视研究生课程的机构相比，参加专注于本科教学和研究的机构的学生更有可能留在STEM专业。 对于代表性不足的少数民族学生来说，包括研究经验和指导相结合的培训计划扩大了STEM学科的参与。 然而，在PUI进入教师职业生涯的科学家面临着从研究密集型环境到繁重的教学负担的艰难过渡，通常期望指导本科生研究;资金有限;以及具有类似研究兴趣的同事很少。 ASPB和植物生物学会议为PUI的植物生物学家提供了重要的资源，以保持与更广泛的科学界的联系。 虽然这是旅行获奖者和那些谁参加研讨会和小组谁将获得最直接的支持，从这笔资金，这个专业发展的机会将提供深远的好处，他们的本科研究人员，ASPB，和联邦机构，支持PUI研究。赠款资金将支持更多的PUI教师参与植物生物学2019年通过竞争性的旅行补助金和PUI的具体计划，包括一个职业小组，半天的研讨会和部门会议。 尽管三分之一的博士生和博士后对PUI的职业表现出浓厚的兴趣，但很少有人关注指导PUI的前职业和早期职业教师，特别是那些来自代表性不足的少数民族的教师，以建立学术独立性。在植物生物学2019年的PUI职业小组解决了研究生和博士后对PUI职业道路和机会的信息的请求。参加小组的人将有机会与经验丰富的PUI教师建立一对一的伙伴关系，他们将帮助那些准备或开始PUI职业生涯的人。 此外，R1机构的同事将学习如何最好地支持和建议正在申请PUI教师职位的研究生和博士后。 PUI机构的教师面临的一个具体挑战是由多个本科生（他们通常在短时间内参与一个项目）进行研究，并将这些工作拼凑成“可分解的单元”。PUI研讨会将专注于设计本科生研究项目，并考虑到出版，并在研究完成后指导写作和出版过程。 讲习班的参与者将更好地利用他们实验室产生的知识，并通过他们领域的出版物传播。 这不仅将使这些教师及其学生受益，而且还将提高科学知识传播的速度和程度。 该奖项由生理机制和生物力学计划以及综合有机系统部的植物基因组研究计划共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF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。