Broadening Participation: 2021 MPS Workshop for Young Investigators

非技术描述本项目旨在为NSF数学和物理科学局(MPS)的新的和未来的主要研究人员(PI)举办一个虚拟研讨会。由于新冠肺炎限制的意想不到的性质，两个全天的研讨会计划在2021年10月11日至12日作为在线活动。自2014年第一次研讨会以来，研讨会的主要目标有两个：(1)向刚刚获得第一个奖项或试图从MPS项目获得资金的PI提供关于NSF现有政策、程序和机会的宝贵信息和建议，重点是从代表不足的少数群体中招募参与者，以及(2)在指定群体中培训一批未来的NSF评审员。该研讨会的目标是让不同的新的和潜在的国会议员私人调查人员参与进来，以加强他们与NSF的成功互动。技术描述本项目是为NSF数学和物理科学局(MPS)的不同的新的和未来的主要研究人员(PI)举办的研讨会。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：国家科学基金会项目主任和特邀演讲者的信息介绍和模拟小组审查活动。演讲的主题旨在为新的和未来的调查人员提供关于NSF过程的信息。具体主题将包括功绩审查过程、MPS中的资助机会以及NSF的政策和程序。在两天的时间里，参与者将参与在计划总监指导下的分组会议中模拟小组审查的全过程的活动。该项目使用一种计划评估来跟踪参与者，并通过在获得资金和参与参与者的审查过程中的成功率来评估研讨会培训的效果。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.