Advanced Technological Education for 2 Year Colleges (ATE-2YC)

美国的两年制大学(2YC)培养了大量且快速增长的本科生，包括许多科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的学生。2YCs的学生群体具有高度的种族、民族和地理多样性，这使得2YCs成为那些在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的学生进入STEM职业生涯的关键切入点。尽管国家科学基金会(NSF)增加STEM代表性的项目对2YC开放，但2YC的教职员工往往缺乏有效竞争这些项目拨款的经验、资源和机构支持。两年制学院高级技术教育(ATE-2YC)项目将支持两年制大学教师团队撰写有价值的计划书。该项目将为2YC STEM教职员工举办年度提案撰写研讨会和后续指导。该项目设计解决了2YC在寻求参加高级技术教育(ATE)计划时面临的障碍。这个项目建立在以前项目的基础上，这些项目促进了2YC为NSF资助金竞赛准备有价值的提案。由曾在本科教育部门担任项目官员的经验丰富的ATE主要调查人员和教职员工举办的研讨会和指导将加强教职员工和机构寻求NSF支持的能力。预期结果包括2YC机构提交的竞争性ATE提案的数量增加，以及为2YC提供更强大的STEM赠款撰写文化。总体而言，该项目将通过授权更多的STEM教员和两年制机构来竞争能够支持教育创新的有功NSF奖项，从而为加强STEM劳动力的国家议程做出贡献。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

America's two-year colleges (2YCs) educate a large and rapidly growing number of undergraduate students, including many students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The student population at 2YCs has high racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity, making 2YCs critical entry points to STEM careers for students who have been historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. Although National Science Foundation (NSF) programs that increase representation in STEM are open to 2YCs, 2YC faculty often lack the experience, resources, and institutional support to effectively compete for these program grants. The Advanced Technological Education for 2 Year Colleges (ATE-2YC) project will support meritorious proposal writing among 2YC faculty teams. The project will convene annual proposal writing workshops and follow-on mentoring for 2YC STEM faculty members. The project design addresses barriers faced by 2YCs seeking participation in the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. This project builds on previous projects that facilitated 2YCs in preparing meritorious proposals for NSF grant competitions. The workshops and mentoring by experienced ATE principal investigators and faculty who have served as Program Officers in the Division of Undergraduate Education will strengthen faculty and institutional capacity to pursue NSF support. The expected outcomes include an increase in the number of competitive ATE proposals submitted by 2YC institutions and a stronger STEM grant writing culture for 2YCs. Overall, this project will contribute to the national agenda of strengthening the STEM workforce by empowering more STEM faculty and two-year institutions to compete for meritorious NSF awards that can support education innovations.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.