Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA) Annual Program Director Conference

摘要 NCRR科学教育合作伙伴奖（SEPA）计划资助新颖的项目， 学生（K-12年级），他们的老师和公众对科学和NIH研究的理解。 该计划支持生物医学和临床研究人员之间建立创新伙伴关系， K-12教师和学校，博物馆和科学中心的教育工作者，媒体专家，以及其他感兴趣的 教育组织。受资助的SEPA项目的PI和主要工作人员必须参加年度 会议-自1991年该计划开始以来每年举行一次-根据SEPA计划的规定 公告（PAR-06-549）。来自计划、赠款管理、审查办公室和 主任办公室以及其他NIH IC的适当工作人员和工作人员参加会议 来自HHMI和NSF。一个奖学金方案使教师和部落领袖也能参加。的 年度会议为SEPA PI之间进行公开和坦率的讨论提供了最佳机制 和国家档案和档案管理委员会工作人员就国家环境保护局的具体方案、审查和赠款管理问题提供咨询。它还提供了一个 这是一个重要的机会，使参与者及其工作人员能够了解正式和非正式领域的主要发展情况， 科学教育，建立和加强自己的知识和技能，在相关领域的项目， 分享计划的成功和挑战，并建立网络和形成合作。整体 SEPA年会在未来三年的目标是： 目标1：向SEPA社区宣传和教育严格的评估模型， 解决新的政府授权（学术竞争力理事会）评估标准 并推广采用这种模式。 目标2：提供关于非正式和正式科学的趋势、问题和挑战的最新情况 与SEPA科学中心/博物馆和K-12项目相关的教育。 目标3：为SEPA项目之间的合作提供一个联网机会和论坛， 通过为受赠者提供分享信息的机会， 实践和评价方法。 每个2.5天的会议包括全体会议，一般性讨论，分组讨论和海报会议。为了 协助SEPA项目学习如何解决最近的学术竞争力的任务 理事会报告、项目评估将是即将举行的会议的一个重点。会议组织 SEPA PI委员会计划每次会议。这些会议由美国各地的SEPA项目主办 有150-180人参加。演讲者的PowerPoint幻灯片和会议摘要 将在每次会议结束后在大会网站和国家环保总局网站上公布， 传播。

ABSTRACT The NCRR Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA) program funds novel projects that improve students' (grades K-12), their teachers' and the general public's understanding of science and NIH research. The Program supports the creation of innovative partnerships between biomedical and clinical researchers and K-12 teachers and schools, museum and science center educators, media experts, and other interested educational organizations. PIs and key staff from funded SEPA projects are required to participate in an annual conference - held yearly since the program's inception in 1991 - as specified in the SEPA Program Announcement (PAR-06-549). NCRR staff from Program, Grants Management, Office of Review, and the Office of the Director participate in the conference, as well as appropriate staff from other NIH ICs, and staff from HHMI and NSF. A scholarship program enables teachers and tribal leaders to also participate. The annual Conference provides the best mechanism for an open and candid discussion between the SEPA PIs and NCRR Staff on SEPA-specific programmatic, review and grants management issues. It also provides an important opportunity for PIs and their staff to learn about key developments in the fields of formal and informal science education, to build and strengthen their own knowledge and skills in areas relevant to their projects, to share program successes as well as challenges, and to network and form collaborations. The overall Objectives of the annual SEPA Conference over the next three years are to: OBJECTIVE 1: Inform and educate the SEPA community about rigorous evaluation models that address the new government-mandated (Academic Competitiveness Council) assessment criteria and promote adoption of such models. OBJECTIVE 2: Provide updates on trends, issues and challenges in informal and formal science education which are relevant to SEPA science center/museum and K-12 projects. OBJECTIVE 3: Provide a networking opportunity, a forum for collaboration among SEPA projects, and mentoring of new projects by providing opportunities for grantees to share information, best practices and evaluation methods. Each 2.5-day conference includes Plenary, General Discussion, Breakout and Poster sessions. In order to assist SEPA projects in learning how to address the mandates of the recent Academic Competitiveness Council report, program evaluation will be a strong focus for upcoming conferences. A Conference Organizing Committee of SEPA PIs plans each meeting. The conferences are hosted by SEPA projects around the US and are attended by 150-180 participants. Speakers' PowerPoint slides and summaries of conference sessions will be available on the Conference website and the SEPA website after each meeting for easy access and dissemination.