TCU Cyberinfrastructure Partnership Meeting

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构的研究能力，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为当地相关领域的研究提供机会，并鼓励教师群体超越传统课堂，寻求智力和专业发展。该项目直接符合这一目标，而且将提高TCUP院校与其主流大学或私营部门合作伙伴之间的伙伴关系的效率。美国印第安人高等教育联盟（AIHEC）将组织并召集一组TCU STEM研究和教育利益相关者以及国家CI项目代表，由德克萨斯高级计算中心（TACC）主办为期两天的会议。会议将为与会者提供机会，分享和探讨利用国家CI资源发展和维持研究和教育伙伴关系的领先实践和创新方法。其目的是促进支持和加强TCU STEM研究和教育项目所需的合作。会议的一个主要目的是成立一个TCU网络基础设施工作组，通过跨TCU的伙伴关系以及与国家CI生态系统的主要成员的伙伴关系，提高学校之间的CI能力。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。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the research capacity at these institutions expands the opportunities for students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be locally relevant, and encourages a faculty community to look beyond the traditional classroom for intellectual and professional growth. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will increase the efficacy of partnerships between TCUP institutions and their mainstream university or private sector partners.The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) will organize and convene a group of TCU STEM research and education stakeholders and national CI program representatives for a 2-day meeting hosted by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). The meeting will provide opportunities for participants to share and explore leading practices and innovative approaches to developing and sustaining research and education partnerships employing national CI resources. The aim is to foster the collaboration needed to support and strengthen TCU STEM research and education programs. A primary purpose of the meeting is to form a TCU Cyberinfrastructure Working group to advance CI capabilities among the schools through cross-TCU partnerships and also partnerships with leading members of the national CI Ecosystem.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.