Conference: A Proposal to Provide Technical Assistance to Increase the Research Competitiveness of MSIs, Community Colleges, and URM Faculty to BIO-wide Programs

为了建立一支包容性的STEM劳动力队伍，美国必须协助在STEM中产生最多少数族裔的机构和地理区域的研究能力建设，这包括位于EPSCoR各州的MSI和社区学院。这些机构是培养STEM专业人才的重要和有效的孵化器。然而，它们面临着体制上的挑战，这些挑战可能会破坏招收、留住和培养代表性不足学生的最佳努力。该项目将在讲习班后的协助下，举办为期3天的教师培训讲习班，以支持30个少数群体服务机构(MSI)、社区学院(CC)和代表性不足的生物科学教师，以培养他们的提案开发技能。这一提案开发援助对于培养向国家科学基金会(NSF)生物科学局(BIO)内的一系列项目提交更有见地和更具竞争力的提案是必要的。来自当地亚特兰大、佐治亚州、EPSCoR州(洛杉矶、MS、AL)和东南部地区的MSI和CCS的教师将被鼓励参加，他们有兴趣了解选定的NSF生物项目的资助机会。将优先考虑那些以前没有提交给BIO理事会的教职员工和来自EPSCoR国家的教职员工。这个研讨会旨在帮助这些教师获得必要的知识，以竞争所需的拨款，以支持他们的研究、教学和对代表不足的少数族裔学生的培训。该项目的目标是：(1)提高机构对竞争性资金来源的认识，以建设在MSI和CCS服务的教师的生物研究培训能力；(2)扩大MSI和CCS教师对生物科学研究的参与；以及(3)促进他们合作撰写赠款的努力。该项目将评估培训的影响，并跟踪参与者提交的提案。该项目由生物基础设施部和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)支持。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。

In order to build an inclusive STEM workforce, the United States must assist in building the research capacity at institutions and in geographical areas that produce the highest number of minorities in STEM, which includes MSIs and community colleges located within EPSCOR states. These institutions are important and effective incubators of STEM professionals. However, they face institutional challenges that can undermine best efforts to recruit, retain and prepare underrepresented students. This project will conduct a 3-day grantsmanship development workshop, with post-workshop assistance, to support 30 Minority-serving institution (MSI), community college (CC), and underrepresented bioscience faculty in order to nurture their proposal development skills. This proposal development assistance is necessary to cultivate a more informed and competitive submission of proposals to a broad range of programs within the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Faculty from local Atlanta, GA, EPSCOR states (LA, MS, AL) and southeastern regional MSIs and CCs interested in gaining knowledge about funding opportunities in selected NSF BIO programs, will be encouraged to participate. Priority will be given to those faculty that have not previously submitted to the BIO Directorate and those from EPSCOR States. This workshop will be designed to aid these faculty with knowledge necessary to compete for grant funding needed to support their research, teaching, and training of their underrepresented minority students. The project’s goals are to: (1) increase institutional awareness of competitive funding resources to build biology research training capacity of faculty serving at MSIs and CCs; (2) broaden participation of faculty at MSIs and CCs in biological science research; and (3) promote their collaborative grant-writing efforts. This project will assess the impact of the training and will track the submissions of proposals by the participants. This project is supported by the Division of Biological Infrastructure and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.