WORKSHOP: Broadening access to research opportunities at PUIs and HBCs in the Memphis region

该项目将支持一个为期两天的资助工作研讨会，旨在提高以本科生为主的院校（PUIs）和传统黑人学院（HBCs）在获得资助资金以支持科学教育和研究方面的成功率，并拓宽本科生从事科学职业的机会。位于田纳西州孟菲斯市的罗德学院将为罗德学院、孟菲斯大学、三家负担沉重的大学（LeMoyne-Owen学院、Lane学院和Rust学院）和孟菲斯地区其他学院的教师、管理人员和本科生举办研讨会。罗兹学院在孟菲斯的地理位置使其与LeMoyne-Owen学院在同一个城市，距离Lane学院和Rust学院也很近。在研讨会期间，教师和管理人员将参加有关成功撰写拨款和确定与其机构的科学研究和教育使命相一致的资助机会的研讨会。学生们将学习在全国范围内确定和申请暑期研究实习的策略。学生还将了解美国国家科学基金会的研究生研究奖学金计划，以及如何成为有竞争力的申请人，以获得这一享有声望的奖项，该奖项支持在科学、技术、工程和数学学科攻读硕士或博士学位的优秀学生。该项目的更广泛影响包括三个负担沉重国家的参与，为传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的学生提供了增加科学职业机会的潜力。讲习班的结果是，这三个负担沉重国家的教师和学生将更好地准备申请资助，以加强这些机构的科学基础设施和教育。罗德学院的教师和田纳西州孟菲斯附近的邻近研究机构一直在积极寻求外部资金。然而，近年来成功获得大型研究资助对许多教师来说可能是一个挑战。因此，本次研讨会的一个目标是提高资助技巧，并为教师提供识别新的资助机会的工具，目标是增加孟菲斯地区机构的科学教师获得研究资助的机会。罗德学院和孟菲斯地区的教师不仅通过暑期研究职位培训本科生，而且还从孟菲斯地区的三所历史上的黑人学院（HBCs） LeMoyne-Owen学院、Lane学院和Rust学院招收学生。加强这些长期伙伴关系预计将增加地区负担沉重国家本科生可获得的夏季研究实习机会。该项目的更广泛影响预计将增加在科学中代表性不足的群体的参与。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 project will support a two-day grantsmanship workshop designed to increase the success of predominately undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) in obtaining grant funding to support science education and research, and to broaden access to science careers for undergraduate college students. Rhodes College, which is located in Memphis, TN, will host the workshop for faculty, administrators, and undergraduate college students of Rhodes College, the University of Memphis, three HBCs (LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, and Rust College) and other colleges in the larger Memphis region. Rhodes College’s geographical location in Memphis places it within the same city as LeMoyne-Owen College and within short driving distances of Lane College and Rust College. During the workshop, faculty and administrators will participate in workshop sessions on successful grant-writing and identifying funding opportunities that align with their institutions’ science research and educational missions. Students will learn strategies for identifying and applying for summer research internships across the country. Students will also learn about the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program and how to become a competitive applicant for this prestigious award, which supports outstanding students who are pursuing a Master’s or doctoral degree in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The Broader Impacts of this project include the participation of three HBCs, providing the potential to increase access to science careers for students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. As a result of the workshop, faculty and students at these three HBCs will be better prepared to apply for grant funding to enhance science infrastructure and education at those institutions. Faculty at Rhodes College and neighboring research institutions surrounding Memphis, TN have been active in pursuing external funding. However, success in obtaining large research grant awards in recent years can be challenging for many faculty. Thus, one goal of this workshop is to improve grantsmanship skills and provide faculty the tools to identify new funding opportunities, with the goal of increasing access to research grants for science faculty at Memphis area institutions. Rhodes College and Memphis-area faculty not only train undergraduate students via summer research positions, but also recruit students from LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, and Rust College, three Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) in the greater Memphis region. Strengthening these longstanding partnerships is expected to increase the number of summer research internships that are available to undergraduates from regional HBCs. The Broader Impacts of this project are expected to increase participation of groups underrepresented in science.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.