Invitational Seminar for Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science Faculty of Minority Institutions

这一系列研讨会是国家科学基金会和国家标准局面向少数民族院校教师的科学和数学技术推广计划的延续。将举行为期两天、为期四天的研讨会(每次研讨会将在NSF和NSB分别举行两天和两天)。这些会议将为NSF提供一个机会，让来自30-40个少数族裔机构的大约60名教职员工了解NSF相关的项目和NSF的一般情况。它还为NSF项目官员提供了一个机会，让他们与少数族裔机构的关键人员见面，这些人可以帮助确定潜在的审查者，谁可以确定少数群体研究人员，并鼓励他们参与NSF计划。该提案的优点是：(1)对以前会议的评估认为它们很有用，最近联合研讨会的评估发现，了解NSF项目的机会被认为对参加会议的教师非常重要，(2)联合赞助将显著降低两个赞助机构的成本，(3)这种形式的活动超越了单独项目的被动方法，并对基金会和参与机构的人员起到了催化剂的作用。

This seminar series is a continuation of the National Science Foundation and National Bureau of Standards outreach program for technology in science and mathematics for faculty of minority institutions. Two, four-day, seminars will be held (each seminar will consist of two days at NSF and two days at NSB). The meetings will provide an opportunity for NSF of acquaint approximately 60 faculty members from 30-40 minority institutions with relevant NSF programs and NSF in general. It also provides an opportunity for NSF program officers to meet key people at minority institutions who can facilitate the identification of potential reviewers and who can identify minority researchers and encourage their participation in NSF programs. The strengths of the proposal are that (1) evaluations of prior meetings have judged them useful and the evaluation of the recent joint seminar found that the opportunity to learn about NSF programs was judged very important to the faculty who attended, (2) joint sponsorship will significantly reduce the costs for both sponsoring agencies, (3) this form of activity moves beyond passive approaches of individual programs and acts as a catalyst for personnel at both the Foundation and the participating institutions.