Research Security Training: The Importance of Research Security

该项目将产生一个关于研究安全的培训活动，并通过其发展，将为成人学习者提供关于设计、开发和评估教育工具的最佳实践的见解。具体而言，该活动将侧重于创建“研究安全的重要性”，这是一个培训包，旨在提高对全球研究生态系统现有和新出现的风险和威胁的认识，并提供在线培训。根据国家安全总统备忘录第33号（NSPM-33），该项目直接解决了加强美国政府支持的研究和开发的研究安全的需要。传播和使用这种培训将更好地保护美国的研究利益不受国内外风险和威胁的影响。培训模块将以互联网为基础，可扩展、灵活，并可供各种环境下的研究人员和利益相关者（包括残疾研究人员）广泛使用。培训模块的设计考虑了最终用户，使用设计科学研究方法构建，并结合了在线自定进度环境中吸引成人学习者的最佳实践。在设计中考虑了多种多样性因素，并且培训材料将符合Section 508。研究安全培训模块系列的开发由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）、美国能源部（DOE）和美国国防部（DOD）共同资助。本项目由促进竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）资助。该研究安全培训模块侧重于研究安全的重要性，将与内容专家组协商设计和开发，该专家组包括政府研究安全方面的专家。培训课程的设计将采用迭代设计科学方法，力求与课程开发和设计最佳实践在主题覆盖、认知需求和演示模式等方面保持一致。研究人员将利用一个名义过程序列的发展，作为设计科学研究方法的一部分。在最初的设计工作和咨询之后，将召集焦点小组收集培训需求、专题观点以及对培训课程长度和设计的见解。在整个过程中举行焦点小组会议，以审查各个部分的完成情况，确定模块满足设计目标的程度，并确定必要的改进。项目团队将评估模块的有效性，通过利用队列小组来评估主题覆盖范围、认知需求和演示模式。在最终用户测试、评估和修改设计后，该模块将提供给研究安全利益相关者，包括大学研究人员、本科生和研究生、学术管理人员、研究安全管理人员以及政府机构和国家实验室的研究人员和工作人员。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。

This project will produce a training activity about research security and, through the development thereof, will provide insight about best practices in designing, developing, and evaluating educational tools for the adult learner. Specifically, this activity will focus on creating The Importance of Research Security, a training package with the purpose to enhance awareness and provide online training about existing and emerging risks and threats to the global research ecosystem. This project directly addresses the need to strengthen research security of U.S. government-supported research and development, per the National Security Presidential Memorandum – 33 (NSPM-33). Dissemination and use of this training will better protect U.S. research interests from both foreign and domestic risks and threats. The training module will be Internet-based, scalable, flexible, and widely accessible to researchers and stakeholders in a variety of settings, including researchers with disabilities. Training module design takes into account the end-user, being built using a design science research methodology and incorporates best practices for engaging adult learners in an online, self-paced environment. Multiple diversity factors are considered in the design, and the training materials will be Section 508 compliant. The development of the research security training module series is collaboratively funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Department of Defense (DOD). This project is funded with a contribution from the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This research security training module focused on The Importance of Research Security will be designed and developed in consultation with a Content Expert Group, which includes experts in research security across government. Design of the training course will take an iterative design science approach, seeking to align with curriculum development and design best practices across the dimensions of topic coverage, cognitive demand, and presentation mode. The researchers will utilize a nominal process sequence for development as part of the design science research methodology. Following the initial design work and consultation, focus groups will be convened to collect training needs, topical perspectives, and insights on session length and design of the training program. Focus group meetings are held throughout to review segments are completed, determine how well the module meets design objectives, and identify necessary improvements. The project team will assess the effectiveness of the module by leveraging a cohort group to assess topic coverage, cognitive demand, and mode of presentation. Following end user testing, evaluation, and revisions to the design, the module will be made available for dissemination to research security stakeholders, including university-based researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, academic administrators, research security administrators, and researchers and staff in government agencies and national laboratories.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.