Conference: Building HSI Research Capacity in NSF CISE Core Research Areas

西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟 (CAHSI) 是 NSF 国家 INCLUDES 联盟，致力于增强 HSI 的竞争性研究工作。其中一项努力是 2019 年 NSF 资助的社区研讨会，该研讨会汇集了来自 HSI 的西班牙裔和其他研究人员，就如何增加 NSF 计算机和信息科学与工程 (CISE) 理事会的投资组合中西班牙裔和 HSI 的代表性提出了建议。另一项努力是美国工程教育协会 (ASEE) 于 2020 年 2 月召开的 NSF MSI CISE 会议，来自 CAHSI、历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU)、美国印第安人科学与工程学会 (AISES) 和其他组织的研究人员和代表参加了会议。他们参加了以研究能力建设为中心的小组讨论和演讲，并与 NSF 项目官员会面，了解研究资助机会。这些努力与美国国家科学、工程和医学院最近的一份报告相关，该报告呼吁增加对拉美裔服务机构的投资。 CAHSI Backbone 将组织便利的虚拟会议，旨在围绕关键研究领域建立合作并加强研究能力。首次会议将由来自 HSI、其他少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 和主要白人机构 (PWI) 的研究人员参加，为期两天。此次会议将以创意实验室为模型，并将以上述 CAHSI 和 ASEE 的努力为基础，这些努力为 MSI 之间的能力建设奠定了基础。研究人员将有机会发现具体问题、提出想法并开始规划研究项目。 CAHSI骨干网将组织后续会议，向合作团队提供研究计划的反馈，以便团队迭代完善和改进他们的研究思路。目的是确保这些项目具有竞争力、变革性并代表 NSF CISE 核心研究领域的投资优先事项。预期成果是在六个月到一年的时间里制定和完善一套研究计划，这些计划将在 2021 年 ASEE 研讨会上提交给 NSF 项目官员以获得关键反馈，并将导致提交竞争性资助提案。建立一个致力于提高研究能力和建设基础设施的 HSI 社区，可以为全国范围内的教师提供更多机会，让他们了解如何最好地合作并寻求资助机会，特别是对于那些通常没有参与的教师来说。预计这些会议将带来巨大而深远的集体努力，并可以成为其他少数群体机构的典范。战略行动和支持带来的变革有可能满足对能够为社会紧迫问题提供解决方案的多元化研究人员的需求。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI), an NSF National INCLUDES alliance, is focused on increasing competitive research efforts at HSIs. One such effort was a 2019 NSF-funded community workshop that brought together Hispanic and other researchers from HSIs to make recommendations on how to increase representation of Hispanics and HSIs in the NSF Computer and Information Science & Engineering (CISE) directorate’s portfolio. Another effort was the American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) NSF MSI CISE conference in early February 2020 that involved researchers and representatives from CAHSI, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), and other organizations. They participated in panel discussions and presentations centered on research-capacity building and met with NSF program officers to learn about research funding opportunities. These efforts correlate to a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that calls for increased investment in Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The CAHSI Backbone will organize facilitated, virtual meetings that aim to build collaborations around critical areas of research and to strengthen research capacity. With researchers from HSIs, other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Primarily White Institutions (PWIs), the initial convening will be a two-day event. The convening will model an Ideas Lab and will build upon the aforementioned CAHSI and ASEE efforts that laid a foundation for capacity building among MSIs. Researchers will have an opportunity to identify specific problems, advance ideas, and begin planning research projects. The CAHSI Backbone will organize follow-up meetings to provide feedback to the collaborative teams on their research plans with the intent of teams iteratively refining and improving their research ideas. The purpose is to ensure the projects are competitive, transformative and, representative of the investment priorities for the NSF CISE core research areas. The expected outcome is a set of research plans developed and refined over six months to a year that will be presented to NSF program officers at a 2021 ASEE workshop for critical feedback and that will lead to submissions of competitive proposals for funding. Building a community of HSIs committed to improving research capacity and building infrastructure translates into more opportunities nationally for faculty to gain knowledge of how best to collaborate and seek funding opportunities, especially for faculty who typically have not been engaged. It is expected that the convenings will lead to collective efforts that will be immense and far-reaching and can serve as a model for other minoritized institutions. The transformational change that can result from strategic actions and support has the potential to meet the demand for diverse researchers who can contribute solutions to society’s pressing problems.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.