Building Capacity for International Network-to-Network Collaboration

建设国际网络间合作的能力

• 批准号: 2135564
• 负责人: Marisa Rinkus
• 金额: $ 51.95万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2135564&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; International; Network; Collaboration

Building effective international network-to-network collaborations is a complex process, bringing together researchers from different disciplines, institutions, and nations. Attention to communication and collaboration is crucial to ensuring steady progress toward project objectives and sustained engagement. The Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI) will support the Accelerating Research Through International Network-to-Network Collaboration (AccelNet) program by providing project teams with early, focused opportunities to develop key components of their project and by conducting research on the process and practice of building international networks of research networks. TDI will contribute to the AccelNet program in three ways: 1) organize and facilitate awardee meetings for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 cohorts; 2) support and grow an AccelNet community of practice open to all AccelNet cohorts; and 3) conduct research on very large-scale groups of distributed researchers and linked networks. This work builds on the previous AccelNet awardee meetings facilitated by TDI and expands the ability to enhance complex research on communication and collaboration.The goal of this project is to generate knowledge and resources for the AccelNet program and awardees about the nature and function of international networks of research networks. As part of a multi-phase awardee program, the TDI team will design and deliver project-focused Toolbox workshops, an awardee meeting, and a series of interactive sessions to support information and resource sharing. These elements will enable funded teams to interact with NSF staff, participate in activities designed to improve project capacity, and learn from and with other AccelNet projects and experts as part of a community of practice. Together these elements will enhance complex research communication and collaboration among broadly distributed network communities. The research component of this project will provide an evidence-based understanding of the process of building international networks of research networks in various contexts. The new understandings will help to identify best practices for international network-to-network collaboration and investigate the potential for scaling up team-focused facilitation approaches for very large-scale, distributed groups of researchers and linked networks.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.

建立有效的国际网络对网络合作是一个复杂的过程，汇集了来自不同学科，机构和国家的研究人员。重视沟通和协作对于确保项目目标的稳步进展和持续参与至关重要。该项目将通过为项目团队提供早期的、有重点的机会来开发其项目的关键组成部分，并通过对建立国际研究网络网络的过程和实践进行研究，来支持通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究（CNONET）计划。TDI将通过三种方式为CNONet计划做出贡献：1）组织和促进2021年，2022年和2023年的获奖者会议; 2）支持和发展一个对所有CNONet队列开放的CNONet实践社区; 3）对分布式研究人员和链接网络的大规模群体进行研究。这项工作建立在以前由TDI促成的CNONet获奖者会议的基础上，并扩大了加强关于通信和协作的复杂研究的能力。该项目的目标是为CNONet计划和获奖者提供有关国际研究网络网络的性质和功能的知识和资源。作为多阶段获奖者计划的一部分，TDI团队将设计和提供以项目为重点的研讨会，获奖者会议和一系列互动会议，以支持信息和资源共享。这些要素将使受资助的团队能够与NSF工作人员互动，参与旨在提高项目能力的活动，并作为实践社区的一部分向其他可持续发展网络项目和专家学习。这些因素将共同加强广泛分布的网络社区之间的复杂研究交流和合作。该项目的研究部分将提供对在各种情况下建立国际研究网络网络的过程的循证理解。新的理解将有助于确定国际网络间合作的最佳实践，并调查扩大以团队为中心的促进方法的潜力，用于非常大规模的，分散的研究人员群体和链接的网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。