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少数族裔人数最多的机构和地理区域建立研究能力，其中包括位于EPSCOR州内的msi和社区学院。这些机构是重要和有效的STEM专业人才孵化器。然而，他们面临着制度上的挑战，这可能会破坏他们为招收、留住和培养代表性不足的学生所做的最大努力。该项目将举办为期3天的赠款发展研讨会，并在研讨会后提供协助，以支持30家少数族裔服务机构（MSI）、社区学院（CC）和代表性不足的生物科学学院，培养他们的提案发展技能。在美国国家科学基金会（NSF）生物科学理事会（BIO）的范围广泛的项目中，这种提案发展援助是必要的，以培养一个更知情和更具竞争力的提案提交。来自当地亚特兰大，乔治亚州，EPSCOR州（LA， MS， AL）和东南部地区的msi和cc的教师对选定的NSF生物项目的资助机会感兴趣，将被鼓励参加。将优先考虑那些以前没有向BIO理事会提交申请的教员和来自EPSCOR国家的教员。该研讨会旨在帮助这些教师获得必要的知识，以竞争所需的资助，以支持他们的研究，教学和培训他们代表性不足的少数民族学生。该项目的目标是：(1)提高机构对竞争性资金资源的认识，以建立在msi和cc服务的教师的生物学研究培训能力；(2)扩大管理学院和研究中心教师对生物科学研究的参与；(3)促进他们合作撰写论文。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刺激竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.