Conference: A Virtual Workshop for Two-Year College Geoscience Faculty to Develop National Science Foundation Grant Proposals

该项目旨在通过建设两年制大学地球科学社区的能力来开发、撰写和向美国国家科学基金会提交提案，从而为国家利益服务。为了扩大2YC在领导外部资助项目中的参与，将召开为期7天的虚拟研讨会，指导2YC的教师在资助提案的制定过程中，并随后提交给NSF本科教育部门和地球科学理事会的相关项目。研讨会的第一部分将由具有成功的NSF提案经验的2YC教师领导。这一部分的目的是增加参与者对特定的NSF项目的熟悉程度，产生和澄清提案的想法，并确定潜在的同行合作者来撰写提案。研讨会的第二部分是模仿成功的SAGE 2YC写作研讨会，将包括结构化写作和开发课程，旨在推动参与者完成提案写作过程。在第2部分结束后，参与者将有一份完整的计划拨款、会议提案或完整提案的草稿，并将有额外的机会在研讨会结束后进行咨询，以完成支持提案的文件，并在向NSF提交提案之前收到最终反馈。获得资助的提案将影响课程、教师专业发展、转学、学生职业道路、本科生研究和劳动力准备。考虑到2YCs学生的人口结构，2YCs更多地参与外部资助的项目有可能增加地球科学专业和地球科学劳动力的数量和多样性。该项目也有可能有助于发展和加强2YCs与四年制大学之间的关系，并将改善地球科学和其他STEM领域的本科教育。该项目将向研讨会参与者介绍特别适合2YC作为牵头机构的NSF资助机会，支持教师开发、撰写和提交NSF提案，并为2YC教师提供空间，以建立一个由同行合作者组成的社区，以获得单一或多机构的资助、会议提案和规划资助。本次研讨会还将促进社区对以下有效机制的理解：(1)以密集的研讨会形式开展同行合作和协作提案，(2)解决2YC教师在提案准备和提交过程中面临的一些主要障碍，以及(3)指导2YC教师从新手成长为有经验的提案撰写者。工作坊评估将增加对工作坊结构和工作坊后支持如何影响2YC教师提交的赠款数量的了解。美国国家科学基金会IUSE：两年制大学STEM教育创新（ITYC）项目旨在促进两年制大学本科STEM教育中新兴和循证实践的知识和加速影响。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 project aims to serve the national interest by building capacity in the two-year college (2YC) geoscience community to develop, write, and submit proposals to the National Science Foundation. To expand participation of 2YCs in leading externally funded projects, a seven-day virtual workshop will be convened to mentor 2YC faculty in the grant proposal development process and subsequent submission to relevant programs in the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education and Directorate for Geosciences. Part 1 of the workshop will be led by 2YC faculty with successful NSF proposal experience. This part is designed to increase participants’ familiarity with specific NSF programs, generate and clarify proposal ideas, and identify potential peer collaborators for proposal writing. Part 2 of the workshop is modeled after the successful SAGE 2YC Writing Workshop and will include structured writing and development sessions designed to move participants through the proposal writing process. Upon the conclusion of part 2, participants will have a complete draft of a planning grant, conference proposal, or full proposal and will have additional opportunities for consultations after the workshop to complete supporting proposal documents and receive final feedback before submitting their proposal to NSF. Proposals that receive funding will impact curriculum, faculty professional development, transfer, student career pathways, undergraduate research, and workforce preparation. Considering the demographics of students at 2YCs, greater participation by 2YCs in externally funded projects has the potential to enhance the number and diversity of geoscience majors and the geoscience workforce. This project also has the potential to aid in developing and strengthening relationships between 2YCs and four-year institutions and will improve undergraduate education in geoscience and other STEM fields. The project will introduce workshop participants to NSF grant opportunities that are particularly suitable for 2YCs as the lead institution, support faculty in developing, writing, and submitting NSF proposals, and provide a space for 2YC faculty to build a community of peer collaborators for single or multi-institutional grants, conference proposals, and planning grants. This workshop will also advance community understanding about effective mechanisms for (1) developing peer collaborations and collaborative proposals in an intensive workshop format, (2) addressing some of the major barriers to proposal preparation and submission faced by 2YC faculty, and (3) mentoring 2YC faculty as they progress from novice to experienced proposal writers. Workshop evaluation will increase knowledge about how workshop structure and post-workshop support influences the number of grants submitted by 2YC faculty. The NSF IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) Program seeks to advance knowledge and accelerate the impact of emerging and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges.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.