Collaborative Research: Build and Broaden Faculty Learning Community

合作研究：建立和扩大教师学习社区

• 批准号: 2315836
• 负责人: Chalandra Bryant
• 金额: $ 54.57万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315836&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Build; Broaden; Faculty

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.

该项目通过创建教师学习社区（FLC）来促进未来发展科学家的学术发展，该社区促进教学密集型、少数族裔服务机构（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；使用统计/调查软件的机会有限；有关研究开发、提案撰写和资助管理的指导不足。受到这些障碍影响的学者通常会提出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，他们的研究问题仍未得到解答，他们独特的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具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师（“教师导师”）配对。 FLC 利用针对关键发展转型时期代表性不足的家庭的项目，同时考虑影响这些发展阶段的家庭、财务和社会因素，从而促进尖端的发展研究。 FLC 将学者聚集在一起，丰富他们的学习和认识，制定成功策略，进行建设性对话和反思，并培养归属感。 FLC 旨在提供支持性学术社区和指导经验，鼓励早期职业教师或在教学密集型 MSI 中的博士后研究员获得制定成功资助提案所需的技能，并培养具有共同研究兴趣的专业人士网络。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。