ART: American University Translating Research into Action Center (TRAC)

ART：美国大学将研究转化为行动中心 (TRAC)

• 批准号: 2331399
• 负责人: Diana Burley
• 金额: $ 572.06万
• 依托单位: American University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331399&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ART; American; University; Translating; Research

To address increasingly complex societal challenges, public and private sector leaders must leverage research to make evidence-based decisions. Yet public and private sector practitioners are not always informed of the best research, and university-based scholars often lack the skills or capacity needed to translate their knowledge for them. This project will foster greater use of evidence in the public and private sectors by producing new knowledge on best practices in research translation, training scholars in the effective conduct of research translation, supporting the dissemination of research findings that have the potential to benefit society, building institutional capacity at American University for promoting research translation, and cultivating a culture of research translation at American University and other institutions of higher education. By promoting evidence-based decision making in these ways, the project will advance national health, prosperity, welfare, and security.The project will include research, training, dissemination, and capacity-building components. The research team will investigate best practices in research translation, create a repository of translation methodologies, and enable knowledge-sharing about effective translation practices among institutions of higher education. The project team will apply this knowledge through the development of training programs in research translation and the pursuit of professional opportunities beyond academia for scholars at American University and other Washington, DC-area institutions. At the same time, the project will provide seed funding to support the translation activities of a select number of high-impact research projects led by American University faculty, on issues including the growth of a diverse and globally-competitive STEM workforce, the development of effective trauma mitigation training for counterterrorism professionals, and the use of machine learning to improve the efficiency of clinical drug trials. The promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility will be embedded into all the project components, including through the recruitment and selection criteria for participating in training programs or receiving seed funding support. A network of senior administrators and faculty will serve as ambassadors for the project, further promoting its institutionalization and sustainability through a series of assemblies and other outreach within and beyond American University.Partial funding for this project was provided by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, which supports improvements in STEM teaching and learning for all undergraduate students.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.

为了应对日益复杂的社会挑战，公共部门和私营部门领导人必须利用研究来做出基于证据的决定。然而，公共和私营部门从业人员并不总是被告知最佳研究，而大学的学者通常缺乏向他们转化知识所需的技能或能力。该项目将通过在研究翻译中提供有关最佳实践的新知识，培训学者在有效的研究翻译中培训学者，支持有可能使社会受益的研究发现的传播，在美国大学建立机构的能力来促进研究译本以及促进美国大学的研究文化和其他高等教育的研究文化。通过以这些方式促进基于证据的决策，该项目将提高国家健康，繁荣，福利和安全性。该项目将包括研究，培训，传播和能力建设组成部分。研究团队将研究研究翻译中的最佳实践，创建翻译方法的存储库，并能够在高等教育机构之间进行有关有效翻译实践的知识共享。项目团队将通过制定研究翻译中的培训计划以及在美国大学和其他华盛顿特区的学者学术界以外的专业机会来运用这些知识。同时，该项目将提供种子资金，以支持由美国大学教职员工领导的许多高影响力研究项目的翻译活动，包括在包括多样化和全球竞争力的STEM劳动力的问题上，开发有效的创伤性缓解培训对反恐专业人员的发展以及对机器学习提高临床药物试验效率的使用。促进多样性，公平，包容性和可访问性将嵌入到所有项目组件中，包括通过招聘和选择标准参加培训计划或获得种子资金支持。由高级管理人员和教师组成的网络将作为该项目的大使，通过一系列的集会和其他外展活动进一步促进其制度化和可持续性。该项目为该项目提供了本项目的资金，由不断改进的STEM教育（IUSE）计划提供，该计划在所有不足的学生中都在支持所有人的STEM教学和学习奖，以表现出来。使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评估标准进行评估。