Conference: Chemistry Early Career Investigator Workshop

开始独立职业生涯的教师经常发现撰写第一份资助提案的过程充满挑战。密歇根大学的社区教师领导 Corinna Schindler 和德克萨斯 A&M 大学的 Osvaldo Gutierrez 正在组织一个研讨会，旨在为新的化学教师提供对提案撰写和审查过程的见解，以便他们能够确定和开展强有力的研究、教育和外展活动。参与者将有机会与彼此以及成功的资助获得者和来自各个机构的联邦项目官员建立联系。参与者将参与模拟小组、研究演示和其他活动，旨在让他们更好地了解如何制定一个雄心勃勃、现实且引人注目的研究计划。更广泛的影响标准也在教育活动、推广和社会问题的技术应用方面进行了讨论。由化学系支持的 2023 年化学早期职业研究员研讨会计划于 2023 年春季在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市举行。该研讨会将汇集来自广泛机构和人口统计的多达 100 名初级教师，讨论战略性地制定研究想法、规划教育和推广活动以及评估和评估项目目标的步骤。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

Faculty beginning their independent careers often find the process of writing their first grant proposals to be challenging. Community faculty leaders Corinna Schindler of the University of Michigan and Osvaldo Gutierrez of Texas A&M University are organizing a workshop that seeks to provide new chemistry faculty insight into the proposal writing and reviewing process so that they can identify and develop strong research, education, and outreach activities. Participants will have the opportunity to network with each other as well as successful grant recipients and federal program officers from a variety of agencies. The participants will engage in mock panels, research presentations, and other activities designed to provide them with a better understanding of how to put together a research plan that is ambitious, yet realistic and compelling. Broader impact criteria are also discussed in terms of educational activities, outreach, and technical applications to societal problems. The 2023 Chemistry Early Career Investigator Workshop, supported by the Division of Chemistry is planned for Spring 2023 in Alexandria, Virginia. This workshop will bring together up to 100 junior faculty from a broad range of institutions and demographics to discuss steps in strategically crafting research ideas, planning educational and outreach activities, and assessing and evaluating project aims.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.