Collaborative Research: RD/RA Support Networks at Diversified Research Institutions (SUNDRI)

合作研究：多元化研究机构的 RD/RA 支持网络 (SUNDRI)

• 批准号: 2334229
• 负责人: Jennifer Glass
• 金额: $ 17.97万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2334229&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; RD; RA; Support

Principal investigators at diverse research institutions, which includes emerging and primarily undergraduate institutions, often face challenges in seeking external funding, producing competitive research proposals, and managing awards. The project’s aim is to sharpen understanding of the unique aspects of currently less research-intensive institutions and how funding agencies and intermediaries can best support them to flourish and grow their research contributions. Current knowledge is based on relatively small numbers of case studies and anecdotes; more systematic data are needed. This project will survey research development and administration staff at a national random sample of roughly one in four not-for-profit four-year colleges and universities and use the results to develop strengths-based and deficit-based modeling of needs, capacities, and opportunities for growth, providing clear and concrete expression of their perspectives, challenges, and requirements. The resulting findings, conclusions, and baseline data for further studies will provide valuable new knowledge and enhance national networks of expertise, communication, and service to diverse research institutions. An institutionally distributed set of research development/research administration (RD/RA)-knowledgeable investigators and expert advisors in higher education capacity-building will collaborate to build a comprehensive picture of how RD/RA functions are distributed and performed at four-year colleges and universities. The PI/coPIs and technical staff will first develop and refine a survey instrument based on prior surveys and a series of site visits, advisory consultations, and focus groups, testing and piloting measures to determine how and how well RD/RA activity is currently conducted and assessing needs and resources for enhancement. The project will seed the survey instrument and associated analytic files with data harvested from IES and NCSES institutional censuses such as IPEDS and HERD. An eight-stratum random sample of baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral institutions will be drawn from the IPEDS universe, with oversamples of selected subsets such as HBCUs, with a target completion rate of 70%+ and target N=500+. Measures will assess variations in depth, resource levels, and interpenetration of distinctive RD and RA functions, strengths and weaknesses of the RD effort; and perceived needs and priorities for internal and networked support to enhance RD/RA quality and capacity. Statistical analyses will probe unique and common aspects of the research support enterprise and results will be broadly disseminated.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.

在不同的研究机构，其中包括新兴的和主要的本科院校的主要研究人员，往往面临着寻求外部资金，生产有竞争力的研究建议，并管理奖励的挑战。该项目的目的是加深对目前研究密集度较低的机构的独特方面的理解，以及资助机构和中介机构如何才能最好地支持它们蓬勃发展并增加其研究贡献。目前的知识是基于数量相对较少的案例研究和轶事;需要更系统的数据。该项目将调查研究开发和管理人员在大约四分之一的非营利四年制学院和大学的全国随机样本，并使用结果开发基于优势和基于赤字的需求，能力和增长机会建模，提供清晰和具体的表达他们的观点，挑战和要求。由此产生的调查结果、结论和进一步研究的基线数据将提供宝贵的新知识，并加强国家专门知识网络、交流和为不同研究机构提供服务。 一个机构分布的研究开发/研究管理（RD/RA）-知识渊博的调查人员和专家顾问在高等教育能力建设将合作建立一个全面的图片RD/RA功能是如何分布和执行在四年制学院和大学。PI/CoPI和技术人员将首先根据先前的调查和一系列现场访问、咨询咨询和焦点小组，制定和完善调查工具，测试和试点措施，以确定目前如何开展研发/RA活动以及如何开展，并评估需要和资源以进行改进。该项目将为调查工具和相关分析文件提供从IES和NCSES机构人口普查（例如IPEDS和HERD）中收集的数据。将从IPEDS宇宙中抽取学士学位，硕士和博士学位机构的八层随机样本，并对选定的子集（如HBCU）进行过采样，目标完成率为70%+，目标N=500+。措施将评估不同的深度、资源水平、不同的研发和法规事务职能的相互渗透、研发工作的优势和劣势;以及为提高研发/法规事务质量和能力而对内部和网络支持的感知需求和优先事项。统计分析将探索研究支持企业的独特和共同方面，结果将被广泛传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。