Building Capacity for International Network-to-Network Collaboration

建立有效的国际网络对网络合作是一个复杂的过程，需要汇集来自不同学科、机构和国家的研究人员。关注沟通和协作对于确保项目目标和持续参与的稳步进展至关重要。工具箱对话计划（TDI）将支持“通过国际网络对网络协作加速研究”（AccelNet）计划，为项目团队提供早期、重点突出的机会，以开发其项目的关键组成部分，并对建立国际研究网络的过程和实践进行研究。TDI将以三种方式为AccelNet项目做出贡献：1)为2021年、2022年和2023年的获奖者组织和促进会议；2)支持和发展一个向所有AccelNet团队开放的实践社区；3)对非常大规模的分布式研究人员群体和链接网络进行研究。这项工作建立在之前由TDI推动的AccelNet获奖者会议的基础上，并扩展了在通信和协作方面加强复杂研究的能力。该项目的目标是为AccelNet项目和获奖者提供有关国际研究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团队将设计并提供以项目为中心的工具箱研讨会、获奖者会议和一系列互动会议，以支持信息和资源共享。这些元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AccelNet项目和专家学习。这些要素将共同加强分布广泛的网络社区之间复杂的研究交流和合作。该项目的研究部分将对在不同背景下建立国际研究网络的过程提供基于证据的理解。新的理解将有助于确定国际网络对网络合作的最佳做法，并调查扩大以团队为中心的促进方法的潜力，以促进大规模、分布的研究人员群体和相互联系的网络。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。

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.