Conference: LEAPS-MPS PI Workshop

该奖项将支持在2024年1月为2022和2023财政年度启动数学和物理科学（leap - mps）获奖者的早期职业学术途径的首席研究员研讨会。为期两天的研讨会将在维吉尼亚州亚历山大市的老城区威斯汀亚历山大酒店举行，该酒店位于维吉尼亚州亚历山大市的国家科学基金会（NSF）总部附近。研讨会的主要目标有两个：(1)为获得LEAPS奖的项目负责人提供有关政策、程序和资助机会的宝贵信息和建议，以及(2)为LEAPS项目负责人之间的未来合作提供一个网络平台。研讨会计划由几个主要部分组成，如：NSF项目主任和特邀演讲者的信息介绍，海报会议，以及与项目主任的个人会议。各种会议和演讲的主题包括(1)MPS和NSF中各种资助机会的信息；(3)了解NSF评审流程；(4)更广泛的影响；(5)和分区分组会议。提供充足的机会与NSF人员会面。工作坊后的调查计划包括评估工作坊组织，并告知未来工作坊改进计划。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。

This award will support a Principal Investigator workshop in January, 2024 for the Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) awardees. The two-day workshop will be held at the Westin Alexandria, Old Town in Alexandria, VA, in the vicinity of the National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters in Alexandria, VA. The main goals of the workshop are two-fold: (1) to provide PIs who have received their LEAPS award with valuable information and advice on the policies, procedures, and funding opportunities available at NSF, and (2) to provide a platform for networking among the LEAPS PIs for future collaborations.The workshop program is composed of several main parts such as: informational presentations by NSF Program Directors and invited speakers, a poster session, and individual meetings with Program Directors. The topics of various sessions and presentations include (1) information on various funding opportunities in MPS and across NSF; (2) discussions on preparing competitive proposals (3) understanding the NSF review process; (4) Broader Impacts; (5) and Divisional breakout sessions. Ample opportunity to meet with NSF personnel is provided. Plans for a post-workshop survey are included to evaluate the workshop organization and to inform plans for future workshop improvements.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.