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

为了应对日益复杂的社会挑战，公共和私营部门的领导人必须利用研究来做出基于证据的决策。然而，公共和私营部门的从业者并不总是了解最好的研究，大学的学者往往缺乏为他们转化知识所需的技能或能力。该项目将促进公共和私营部门更多地使用证据，方法是产生关于研究翻译最佳做法的新知识，培训学者有效地进行研究翻译，支持传播有潜力造福社会的研究成果，在美国大学建设促进研究翻译的机构能力，并在美国大学和其他高等教育机构培养研究翻译文化。通过以这些方式促进循证决策，该项目将促进国家健康、繁荣、福利和安全。该项目将包括研究、培训、传播和能力建设部分。研究小组将调查研究性翻译的最佳做法，创建翻译方法库，并在高等教育机构之间分享有关有效翻译做法的知识。该项目团队将通过开发研究翻译培训计划，并为美国大学和华盛顿特区其他地区机构的学者寻求学术以外的职业机会，来应用这些知识。与此同时，该项目将提供种子资金，支持由美国大学教师领导的一些高影响力研究项目的翻译活动，这些项目涉及的问题包括多样化和具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力的增长，为反恐专业人员开发有效的创伤缓解培训，以及使用机器学习来提高临床药物试验的效率。促进多样性、公平性、包容性和可获得性将纳入项目的所有组成部分，包括通过参与培训计划或接受种子资金支持的招募和遴选标准。一个由高级管理人员和教师组成的网络将担任该项目的大使，通过在美国大学内外的一系列集会和其他外展活动进一步促进其制度化和可持续性。该项目的部分资金由改善本科生STEM教育(IUSE)计划提供，该计划支持改善所有本科生的STEM教与学。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。

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.