Conference: NSF GRANTED: A workshop series to establish the Middle-Tennessee Research Administration and Innovation Network (M-TRAIN)

该项目将作为一系列会议实施，以汇集田纳西州中部（TN）的研究机构，共同解决加强该地区研究企业的最佳途径，该地区是新兴研究机构的所在地，包括历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU），农村服务机构，公共和私营实体以及信仰机构。如果没有战略规划的劳动力和支持研究生态系统的资源增长，该地区的国家研究投资就无法充分发挥潜力。虽然田纳西州中部的新兴研究机构已经证明了其卓越的研究能力，但仍有进一步的机会提高其提交研究资金提案的能力，积极与邻近机构合作以获得大型多机构机会，或与企业和政府组织建立重要的合作伙伴关系。该地区从事研究的机构的绝对多样性强调了加强沟通、有意包容和认真审议的必要性，这将导致建立持久的伙伴关系。为了满足这一需求，项目团队将创建中TN研究管理和创新网络（M-TRAIN），该网络的多样化组成有望成为研究企业合作的国家模式。计划中的会议将通过连接不同的研究执行者，同时解决各个机构的独特需求和优势，促进区域研究企业的增长。随着联邦研究机会需要机构，往往是区域，合作变得越来越普遍，这样的模式是至关重要的，以确保在科学和工程研究participation.The核心合作伙伴的国家竞争力M-TRAIN反映了机构的多样性中TN，包括范德比尔特大学（研究密集型私立机构），田纳西州州立大学（公立HBCU），和菲斯克大学（私立HBCU）。田纳西州中部拥有35所学院和大学，公共和私营组织混合，包括5个农村服务机构和4个HBCU。这种机构多样性将为M-TRAIN会议的讨论提供信息，以确定区域机构研究发展基础设施的优势和需求，进一步建立信任和关系，并在与会者寻求科学和经济创新机会时确定协同和协作方法的最佳做法。研讨会的主题将广泛包括：研究开发，研究管理，研究合规性和研究翻译。目标是建立和扩大整个地区的研究管理基础设施，提高机构间的凝聚力和集体准备，以应对越来越多的寻求区域响应的资金机会。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影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This project will be implemented as a series of conferences to bring together research-performing institutions in Middle Tennessee (TN) to collaboratively address the best ways to enhance the research enterprise of the region, which is home to emerging research institutions, including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rural-serving institutions, public and private entities, and faith-based institutions. National investment in research in this region cannot reach its full potential without strategically planned growth of the workforce and resources that support the research ecosystem. Although emerging research institutions in Middle TN have demonstrated research excellence, there remain further opportunities to enhance their ability to submit proposals for research funding, proactively collaborate with neighboring institutions for large multi-institutional opportunities, or develop important partnerships with corporate and government organizations. The sheer diversity of the research-performing institutions in the area underscores a need for intensive communication, intentional inclusion, and careful deliberations that will result in the creation of enduring partnerships. To meet this need, the project team will create the Middle TN Research Administration and Innovation Network (M-TRAIN), a network whose diverse composition promises to be a national model for research enterprise collaboration. The planned convenings will catalyze growth in the regional research enterprise by connecting disparate research performers while addressing the unique needs and strengths of the individual institutions. As federal research opportunities requiring institutional, and often regional, collaborations are becoming more common, such a model is critical to ensure national competitiveness in science and engineering research participation.The Core Partners of M-TRAIN reflect the institutional diversity of Middle TN, including Vanderbilt University (research-intensive private Institution), Tennessee State University (public HBCU), and Fisk University (private HBCU). Middle TN is home to 35 colleges and universities, with a mix of public and private organizations, including five rural-serving institutions and four HBCUs. This institutional diversity will inform M-TRAIN conference discussions to identify the strengths and needs of the research development infrastructure at regional institutions, further building trust and relationships, and determining best practices for synergistic and collaborative approaches as participants pursue opportunities for scientific and economic innovation. Workshop topics will include broadly: research development, research administration, research compliance, and research translation. Objectives are to build and expand research administration infrastructure across the region and enhance inter-institutional cohesiveness and collective readiness to respond to the increasing number of funding opportunities seeking a regional response.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.