Conference: An HBCU Partnership to Enhance Research Support Services and Technical Training

该项目解决了历史上黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和其他少数群体服务机构(MSI)更多地参与联邦资助的研究的需要。增加外部资金不仅使HBCU和MSI受益，而且也使当地社区和社会受益。赠款资助的研究倡议有助于满足我们社区和更广泛社会在以下领域的需求：教育、医疗保健、技术、国土安全、社会福利、劳动力发展、农业支持和许多其他领域。该项目进一步促进了NSF的使命，确定了可用于扩大和多样化参与研究活动的变革性想法和可获得的模式，加强了国家的研究企业。该项目的目标是制定一个战略计划，以提高HBCU和MSI机构的研究能力和资金能力。参与机构的外部资金增加带来的创新、探索和知识进步将是这一倡议的副产品。南方大学和农工学院(SUBR)，HBCU的国家赞助项目管理联盟(NSPAA)。新奥尔良南方大学、什里夫波特南方大学、格拉姆林州立大学、迪拉德大学和泽维尔大学等合作机构将加入这一共同努力，以确定障碍，分享最佳实践，并找到将对参与该项目的HBCU的研究能力和资金能力产生重大影响的解决方案。该项目包括一次面对面的互动会议和两(2)个虚拟研讨会(一次会议前和一次会议后)。为这些会议计划的活动是根据接受调查的大学所确定的需求和目前的研究结果而定的。了解阻碍并经常阻止HBCU和MSI竞争和管理联邦拨款的挑战和障碍，并为这些问题找到可衡量的、可持续的解决方案，将极大地转变HBCU和MSI的研究潜力。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。

This project addresses the need for greater Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) participation in federally funded research. Increased external funding not only benefits the HBCUs and MSIs, but the local community and society as well. Grant-funded research initiatives contribute to the needs of our communities, and the broader society in such areas as: education, health care, technology, homeland security, social wellbeing, workforce development, agricultural sustainment, and numerous other areas. The project furthers the mission of NSF, identifying transformative ideas and accessible models that can be used to broaden and diversify participation in research activities, strengthening the Nation’s research enterprise.The goal of the project is to create a strategic plan to increase research capability and funding capacity at HBCU and MSI institutions. The innovations, explorations, and advancement of knowledge enabled by increased external funding at the participating institutions will be a byproduct of this initiative. Southern University and A&M College (SUBR), the National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance (NSPAA) of HBCUs. Inc. and partnering institutions: Southern University at New Orleans, Southern University at Shreveport, Grambling State University, Dillard University and Xavier University, will join in this common effort to identify barriers, share best practices, and find solutions that will significantly impact the research capability and funding capacity of the HBCUs participating in this project. The project includes one, in-person, interactive conference and two (2) virtual workshops (one pre-conference and one post-conference). Activities planned for these convenings are based on the identified needs of the universities surveyed and current research findings. Understanding the challenges and roadblocks that hinder and often prevent HBCUs and MSIs from competing for, and managing, federal grant awards and identifying measurable, sustainable solutions to these problems will significantly transform HBCU’s and MSI’s research potential.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.