Workshop on Grant Proposal Writing at the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference; Baltimore, Maryland; 31 May to 3 June 2022

该奖项将支持赠款提案写作研讨会将与2022年工程力学研究所会议在巴尔的摩，马里兰州，2022年5月31日至6月3日举行。早期的职业研究人员通常在撰写资助申请和申请审查过程中的接触和经验有限。该研讨会旨在为早期职业研究人员提供机会，了解美国国家科学基金会（NSF）及其优点审查过程，并与最近的NSF获奖者进行一系列互动会议，讨论提案写作的最佳实践和策略。重点将放在招聘妇女和代表性不足的少数民族工程参加讲习班。通过提供清晰度，指导和反馈，研讨会将支持下一代工程研究人员提高他们未来提案的质量，并最终提高研究质量和更广泛的影响，并通过明确定义的目标，计划和机制来评估成功。 一系列的互动研讨会，小组讨论和其他活动将在本次研讨会上举行，目的是提高参与早期职业研究人员未来提案的质量。参与者将包括高级博士生，博士后研究人员和早期职业教师。演讲者和小组成员将介绍最近的NSF获奖者，包括来自NSF教师早期职业发展计划的获奖者。会议主题将包括以下内容：（一）概述了美国国家科学基金会，民用，机械和制造业创新司，以及优秀评审过程;（二）在赠款提案写作的最佳做法和战略;（三）从最近的赠款获奖者分享经验;和（四）小型分组会议，让与会者有机会提出详细问题，并获得对项目摘要的反馈，未来提案的基础。此外，还将鼓励与会者提交他们选择的海报，供在讲习班期间展示。 研讨会的一个关键特点是，它将与2022年工程力学研究所会议相联系，这将为早期职业研究人员提供机会，与来自学术界，国家实验室和工业界的研究人员建立网络并讨论他们的研究。同时还确保研讨会的讨论和反馈将直接相关，并可供工程力学和土木工程界的参与者使用。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。

This award will support a Grant Proposal Writing Workshop to be held in conjunction with the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, 31 May to 3 June 2022. Early career researchers typically have limited exposure and experience with grant proposal writing and the proposal review process. This workshop aims to provide early career researchers with opportunities to learn about the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its merit review process and engage in a series of interactive sessions with recent NSF awardees discussing best practices and strategies in proposal writing. An emphasis will be placed on recruiting women and underrepresented minorities in engineering to participate in the workshop. By providing clarity, guidance, and feedback, the workshop will support the next generation of engineering researchers in improving the quality of their future proposals and, ultimately, the quality of research and broader impacts guided by clearly defined objectives, plans, and mechanisms to assess success. A series of interactive seminars, panels, and other activities will be held in this workshop with the goal of improving the quality of future proposals from participating early career researchers. Participants will include senior doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty. Speakers and panelists will feature recent NSF awardees, including awardees from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. Session topics will include the following: (i) an overview of the NSF, the Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division, and the Merit Review Process; (ii) best practices and strategies in grant proposal writing; (iii) shared experiences from recent grant awardees; and (iv) small breakout sessions providing participants the opportunity to ask detailed questions and receive feedback on project summaries that may serve as the basis of a future proposal. Additionally, participants will be encouraged to present a poster of their choice for display during the workshop. A key feature of the workshop is that it will be linked with the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, which will provide opportunities for the early career researchers to network and discuss their research with researchers from academia, national laboratories, and industry, while also ensuring that workshop discussions and feedback will be directly relevant and accessible to participants from the community of engineering mechanics and civil infrastructure.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.