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奖学金，该社区促进教学密集型少数民族服务机构（MSI）的学者与研究密集型机构任命的导师之间的联系。机会和资源方面的障碍可能会阻碍教学密集型机构任命的学者的研究生产力。这些障碍包括图书馆资源有限;获得统计/调查软件的机会有限;以及与研究开发、提案撰写和赠款管理有关的指导不足。受这些障碍影响的学者通常有引人注目的研究问题;没有资金和指导将他们的想法推向下一阶段;然而，他们的研究问题仍然没有得到解答，他们独特的观点在科学文献中仍然被忽视。2为了满足这种需要，FLC将MSIs的早期职业教师或博士后研究员与终身教师配对（“教师导师”）谁分享类似的研究领域，并已成功地资助和指导研究学者。FLC利用专注于代表性不足的家庭在关键发展转型的项目，同时考虑影响这些发展阶段的家庭，财务和社会因素，促进尖端的发展研究。FLC将学者聚集在一起，以丰富他们的学习和认识，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，以鼓励教学密集型MSI的早期职业教师或博士后研究员获得所需的技能，制定成功的资助申请，并培养他们的专业人士网络谁分享他们的研究兴趣。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估支持影响审查标准。

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.