Broadening Participation: 2021 MPS Workshop for Young Investigators

非技术性描述该项目旨在为NSF数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）的新的和未来的主要研究人员（PI）举办一个虚拟研讨会。 由于COVID-19限制的意外性质，计划于2021年10月11日至12日举行为期两天的网上研讨会。 自2014年第一次研讨会以来，研讨会的主要目标有两个：（1）为刚刚获得第一个奖项或试图从MPS计划获得资金的PI提供有关NSF政策，程序和机会的宝贵信息和建议，重点是从代表性不足的少数群体中招募与会者，以及（2）在指定的小组中为NSF培训一批未来的评审员。 研讨会的目标是参与一个新的和潜在的MPS PI的不同池，以提高他们与NSF.Technical DescriptionThis项目的成功互动是一个研讨会的新的和未来的主要研究人员（PI）在NSF董事会数学和物理科学（MPS）的不同池。 讲习班将通过一个在线平台进行。 研讨会计划由两个主要部分组成：NSF计划主任和特邀演讲者的信息演示和模拟小组评审活动。演讲的主题旨在为新的和未来的研究人员提供有关NSF过程的信息。具体的主题将包括优点审查过程，在MPS和NSF的政策和程序的资助机会。 在两天的时间里，与会者将在项目负责人的指导下参加模拟小组审查全过程的分组会议。该项目使用计划跟踪参与者的评估，并通过确保资金的成功率和参与者参与审查过程来评估研讨会培训的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Non-Technical DescriptionThis project is aimed at hosting a virtual workshop for new and future principal investigators (PIs) in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). Due to the unexpected nature of the COVID-19 restrictions, the two full-day workshop is planned as an online event on October 11 – 12, 2021. Since the first workshop in 2014, the main goal of the workshop has been in two-fold: (1) to provide PIs’ who have just received their first awards or who are attempting to obtain funding from the MPS programs with valuable information and advice on the policies, procedures, and opportunities available at NSF, with an emphasis on recruiting attendees from underrepresented minority groups, and (2) to train a pool of future reviewers for NSF in the designated group. The workshop targets involvement of a diverse pool of new and potential MPS PIs to enhance their successful interactions with NSF.Technical DescriptionThis project is for a workshop for a diverse pool of new and future principal investigators (PIs) in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). The Workshop will be conducted through an online platform. The workshop program is composed of two main parts: informational presentations by NSF Program Directors and invited speakers and mock panel review activities. The topics of presentations are designed to provide the new and future investigators with information about the NSF process. Specific topics will include merit review process, funding opportunities in MPS and NSF policies and procedures. Over two days, the participants will be engaged in the activities emulating the full processes of panel review in breakout sessions guided by Program Directors. The project uses an assessment planned to track the participants and to evaluate the efficacy of the workshop training through the success rate in securing funding and participation in the review process of the participants.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.