Building the capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to increase competitiveness in DRL programs

这一扩大参与的项目将侧重于一个区域讲习班，旨在提高历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的能力，为学习研究司的各种方案的未来竞争制定高质量的建议。拟议的工作将通过三个具体步骤进行，包括：（1）研讨会前的网络研讨会，介绍并为机会奠定基础;（2）为期两天的研讨会，让参与者参与严格的赠款写作练习;（3）研讨会后的后续行动，提供持续的支持和提案制定指导。通过一个理论驱动的过程，目标是建立一定程度的一致性，以最大限度地提高赠款生产力周围的战略和思想，证明是有效的，在保留学生在STEM管道。多层次的研讨会将建立一个发射台，以提高与会者的能力，以建立在先前的知识和使用最佳做法，以改善未来的赠款写作工作。专门活动将有助于HBCU准备增加他们的贡献，使未来的STEM劳动力多样化，支持STEM领域的创新和创造力，扩大网络战略，并促进学习机会。这项能力建设工作的核心将是重点了解当前的研究背景和对竞争性参与NSF提供的资助机会的期望。反过来，这将与基金会通过有意义的尖端STEM教育研究扩大STEM参与的战略方向保持一致。研讨会的资源将在网上提供，以促进更广泛的信息传播，有利于HBCU和其他教育机构参与扩大参与的努力。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This broadening participation project will focus on a regional workshop aimed at increasing Historically Black Colleges and Universities' (HBCUs) capacity to develop high quality proposals for future competitions of various programs in the Division of Research on Learning. The proposed effort will occur through three specific steps involving a: (1) pre-workshop webinar to introduce and lay the foundation for the opportunity; (2) full two-day workshop to engage participants in a rigorous grant-writing exercise; and (3) post workshop follow-up to provide ongoing support and proposal development guidance. Through a theory-driven process, the goal is to establish some degree of conformity for maximizing grant productivity around strategies and ideas shown to be effective in retaining students in the STEM pipeline. The multi-tiered workshop will establish a launching pad for increasing attendees' capacity to build on prior knowledge and use best practices to improve future grant writing efforts. Specialized activities will help prepare HBCUs to increase their contributions to diversifying the future STEM workforce, support innovation and creativity in STEM fields, expand networking strategies, and promote opportunities to learn. Central to this capacity-building effort will be a focus on understanding the current research context and expectations for competitive participation in funding opportunities offered by NSF. This, in turn, will align with the Foundation's strategic direction for broadening participation in STEM through meaningful cutting-edge STEM education research. Resources from the workshop will be made available online to facilitate broader dissemination of information beneficial to HBCUs and other education institutions engaging in broadening participation efforts.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.