Build and Broaden: Collaborative Research: African American Family Relationship Research through Partnerships with HBCUs

该奖项支持一个会议，旨在促进历史上的黑人学院/大学（HBCUs）、少数族裔服务机构（msi）和研究密集型机构（R1s）之间的联系和研究合作。该提案回应了美国国家科学基金会的“致同事信”，“建立和扩大：与少数民族服务机构（MSIs）开展新的社会、行为和经济科学合作”。“建设与拓展”计划和本次研讨会的目标是促进能够提交有竞争力的合作研究提案的联系。由此产生的项目将支持HBCU/MSI和R1机构的研究活动和资金，为这两个机构提供宝贵的研究经验和持久的研究基础设施投资。会议邀请了发展科学学者作为教师导师，他们致力于与来自代表性不足的群体的家庭合作，使用不同的方法，并使用群体内的研究设计来研究亲密/婚姻关系的根源。这些资深的终身学者在获得外部资金来支持他们的研究项目方面有着良好的记录，并展示了有效指导和与其他研究人员合作的能力。教师导师将展示他们的研究，并为那些不太了解NSF相关项目和研究资助过程的个人提供所需的脚手架。教师导师将与hbcu / msi指定的学者会面并交换意见。将与所有参与者一起进行评估调查，以评估会议的质量、对与会者的影响以及在产生新的合作伙伴关系方面的初步成功。后续调查将用于评估会议在产生协作奖助金提案方面的成功程度，否则这些提案将不会提交。理解人际家庭功能的发展意义对许多研究人员、教育工作者、从业者和政策制定者都很重要。拟议的会议旨在扩大参与研究过程的人才和观点的广度，从而在这一领域取得新的发现。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 award supports a conference that fosters connections and builds research collaborations between Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs), Minority-Serving institutions (MSIs), and research-intensive institutions (R1s). The proposal responds to NSF’s Dear Colleague Letter, Build and Broaden: Enabling New Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Collaborations with Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). The goal of the Build and Broaden program, and this workshop, is to foster connections that enable the submission of competitive collaborative research proposals. The resulting projects would support research activity and funding at both an HBCU/MSI and an R1 institution, providing valuable research experiences and lasting research infrastructure investment at both institutions. The conference includes invited faculty mentors who are developmental science scholars committed to working with families from underrepresented groups, using diverse methodologies, and using within-group research designs to study the roots of intimate/marital relationships. These senior, tenured scholars have strong records of securing external funding to support their research programs and have demonstrated the ability to effectively mentor and collaborate with other researchers. Faculty mentors will present their research and provide the scaffolding needed for individuals who are less knowledgeable about relevant programs at NSF and the research funding process in general. Faculty mentors will meet with scholars appointed at HBCUs/MSIs and exchange ideas. An evaluation survey will be conducted with all participants to assess the quality of the meeting, its impact on attendees, and the initial success at producing new collaborative partnerships. Follow up surveys will be used to assess how successful the meeting was at producing collaborative grant proposals that would not otherwise have been submitted. Understanding the developmental implications of interpersonal family function is important to many researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers. The proposed meeting seeks to enhance the breadth of talent and perspectives engaged in the research process, and in so doing to make new discoveries in this area.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.