NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Increasing the Representation of Minorities in Engineering (IRME)

NSF INCLUDES规划拨款：增加工程领域少数族裔的代表性（IRME）这项NSF INCLUDES规划拨款由美国国家科学基金会全国工程和科学领域未被充分代表的发现者学习者社区（NSF INCLUDES）资助，这是一项全面的国家倡议，旨在通过关注多样性、包容性和扩大STEM的大规模参与来增强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。该计划拨款的目标是通过规划一个机构联盟来解决发展多样化和公平的工程能力劳动力的迫切需求，该联盟将扩大黑人，西班牙裔和其他代表性不足的群体在高等教育工程项目中的参与和成功。由摩根州立大学领导的这项集体影响努力建立在杰克逊州立大学、北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学和Ziker研究中心的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上。在强大的骨干组织GlobalMindED的推动下，IRME项目将为NSF INCLUDES联盟制定一个共同的愿景，该联盟将促进工程职业的发展，并扩大未被充分代表的工程学生的参与；并在传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）的工程项目联盟与少数族裔服务机构（msi）、非营利组织和行业之间建立合作关系。IRME项目将通过参与催化活动，为扩大参与研究领域贡献关键知识，包括：1)综合扩大参与努力的趋势和工程教育的最佳实践；2)通过在线研讨会的实施，制作一份基于证据的简报，旨在倾听和捕捉学生、教师、管理人员和寻求聘用工程专业毕业生的行业合作伙伴的声音和观点；3)制定一个强有力的研究议程，研究影响工程领域历史上代表性不足的群体成功的社会、政治和学术因素。促进公平性、持久性和有效实践的策略将通过NSF INCLUDES协调中心确定并与NSF INCLUDES国家网络以及相关的工程会议共享。IRME项目有可能带来系统性的变化，通过让利益相关者参与到多部门合作中来，通过发展NSF INCLUDES联盟来增加少数族裔在工程领域的代表性，从而扩大工程领域的参与。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。

NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Increasing the Representation of Minorities inEngineering (IRME)This NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The goal of this planning grant is to address the urgent need for the development of a diverse and equitable engineering-capable workforce by planning for an alliance of institutions that will broaden the participation and success of Black, Hispanic, and other underrepresented groups in higher education engineering programs. This collective impact effort, led by Morgan State University, builds on an existing partnership that includes Jackson State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Ziker Research. Propelled by the momentum of a strong backbone organization, GlobalMindED, the IRME project will develop a shared vision for an NSF INCLUDES alliance that will catalyze access to engineering careers and broaden the participation of underrepresented students in engineering; and crystalize partnerships between a consortium of engineering programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), nonprofit organizations, and industry.The IRME project will contribute critical knowledge to the field of broadening participation research by engaging in catalytic activities that include: 1) synthesizing trends in broadening participation efforts and best practices in engineering education; 2) producing an evidence-based brief developed through the implementation of an online workshop designed for listening to and capturing the voices and perspectives of students, faculty, administrators, and industry partners seeking to hire engineering graduates; and 3) developing a robust research agenda that will examine the social, political, and academic factors that influence the success of groups historically underrepresented in engineering. Strategies for promoting equity, persistence, and effective practices will be identified and shared with the NSF INCLUDES National Network through the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub, as well as at relevant engineering conferences. The IRME project has the potential to bring about systemic change that will broaden participation in engineering by engaging relevant stakeholders in a multi-sector collaboration to increase minority representation in engineering through the development of an NSF INCLUDES Alliance.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.