Promoting STEM Education at Two-Year Colleges (PSE2YC)

美国的两年制学院（2 YC）教育了大量且快速增长的本科生，包括大量科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的学生。此外，由2 YCs服务的学生的种族，民族和地理多样性使这些机构成为STEM领域的关键切入点，为那些在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的学生提供服务。但是，虽然增加STEM代表性的国家科学基金会（NSF）计划对2 YC开放，但2 YC教师往往缺乏有效竞争这些计划赠款的经验，资源和机构支持。在两年制学院促进STEM教育（PSE 2 YC）项目将促进优秀的建议书撰写2 YC教师团队之间的NSF STEM相关计划的资金。PSE 2 YC项目包括一个建议书撰写研讨会和辅导计划50 2 YC STEM教师。该项目设计解决了2 YC参与高级技术教育（ATE）和STEM奖学金（S-STEM）项目竞赛所面临的障碍，以及2 YC申请者和奖项数量较少的问题。该项目建立在以前的项目，促进2 YC在准备有价值的建议NSF补助金竞争针对两个程序，特别是减少2 YC学生遇到的障碍：ATE计划，支持两年制学位的发展，导致在高科技领域的工作，和S-STEM计划，奖励奖学金支持，并提供支持cohorting活动为STEM专业。由经验丰富的主要研究人员和导师举办的讲习班和为期两年的辅导将加强个人和机构在美国两年制学院开展基于提案的项目的能力。主要成果将包括增加2 YC机构提交的竞争性ATE和S-STEM提案的数量，以及为2 YC提供更强大的STEM拨款写作文化。总的来说，该项目将有助于加强STEM劳动力的国家议程，使更多的STEM教师和两年制机构能够竞争优异的NSF奖项。

America's two-year colleges (2YCs) educate a substantial and rapidly growing number of undergraduate students, including a significant number of students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Furthermore, the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of students served by 2YCs make these institutions key entry points to STEM fields for students who have been historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. But, while 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 Promoting STEM Education at Two Year Colleges (PSE2YC) project will facilitate meritorious proposal writing among 2YC faculty teams for NSF STEM related program funding.The PSE2YC project consists of a proposal writing workshop and mentoring program for 50 2YC STEM faculty members. The project design addresses barriers faced by 2YCs to participation in Advanced Technological Education (ATE) and Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program competitions, and the low number of 2YC applicants and awards. This project builds on previous projects that facilitated 2YCs in preparing meritorious proposals for NSF grant competitions by targeting two programs that specifically reduce barriers encountered by 2YC students: the ATE program, which supports development of two-year degrees leading to jobs in high-technology fields, and the S-STEM program, which awards scholarship support and provides supportive cohorting activities for STEM majors. The workshop and two-year mentoring by experienced principal investigators and mentors will strengthen individual and institutional capacity to pursue proposal-based projects in America's two-year colleges. The key outcomes will include an increase in the number of competitive ATE and S-STEM 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.