Collaborative Research: Build and Broaden Faculty Learning Community

该项目通过创建一个教师学习社区(FLC)来促进未来发展科学家的学术研究，该社区促进了教学密集型少数群体服务机构(MSI)的学者和研究密集型机构任命的导师之间的联系。机会和资源的障碍可能会阻碍在教学密集型机构任命的学者的研究效率。这些障碍包括图书馆资源有限；使用统计/调查软件的机会有限；与研究开发、提案撰写和赠款管理有关的指导不足。受到这类障碍影响的学者往往有令人信服的研究问题；没有资金和指导将他们的想法推进到下一阶段；然而，他们的研究问题仍然没有得到回答，他们的独特观点在科学文献中仍然被忽视。为了满足这一需求，FLC将MSI的早期职业教师或博士后研究员与拥有相似研究领域并在资助和指导研究学者方面取得成功的终身教员配对。FLC利用关注处于关键发展转型阶段的代表人数不足的家庭的项目，同时考虑影响这些发展阶段的家庭、经济和社会因素，催化尖端的发展研究。FLC将学者们聚集在一起，以丰富他们的学习和意识，建立他们的成功战略，进行建设性的对话和反思，并培养归属感。FLC旨在提供一个支持性的学术社区和指导经验，以鼓励在密集教学的MSI的早期职业教师或博士后研究员获得所需的技能，开发成功的资助提案，并培养他们分享研究兴趣的专业人员网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project advances the scholarship of future developmental scientists by creating a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) that fosters connections between scholars in teaching-intensive, minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and mentors appointed at research-intensive institutions. Barriers to opportunities and resources can hinder the research productivity of scholars appointed at teaching intensive institutions. These barriers include limited library resources; limited access to statistical/survey software; and insufficient mentoring pertaining to research development, proposal writing, and grant management. Scholars impacted by such barriers often have compelling research questions; without the capital and mentoring to move their ideas to the next stage; however, their research questions remain unanswered, and their unique perspectives remain neglected in the scientific literature.To meet this need, the FLC pairs early career faculty or postdoctoral fellows at MSIs with tenured faculty (“Faculty Mentors”) who share similar areas of research and have been successful in grant-smithing and mentoring research scholars. The FLC catalyzes cutting-edge, developmental research using projects focused on underrepresented families at pivotal developmental transitions while considering the familial, financial, and social factors impacting those developmental stages. The FLC brings scholars together to enrich their learning and awareness, build their strategies for success, engage in constructive dialogue and reflection, and foster a sense of belonging. The FLC is designed to provide a supportive scholarly community and mentoring experience to encourage early career faculty or postdoctoral fellows at teaching intensive MSIs to acquire the skills needed develop successful grant proposals and cultivate their network of professionals who share their research interests.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.