NSF Research Centers Educators Network (NRCEN): "PARTICIPANT SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS," a Scalable, Virtual Home for Education, Outreach and Public Engagement Professionals

该奖项为密歇根大学提供资金，以支持美国国家科学基金会研究中心教育网络（NRCEN）：“参与科学家和工程师”，这是一个可扩展的、面向教育、推广和公共参与专业人士的虚拟家园，由吉尔·安德鲁斯（Jill Andrews）领导。该网站将是一个以激励为基础的交互式在线资源，具有围绕开源协作软件的底层虚拟通信工具。这个项目的智力价值是，它将是一个独特的机会来研究一个在线社区系统的社会和技术发展，以支持一个新兴的专业社区。该项目的更广泛的影响是，参与科学家和工程师网站不仅将为国家科学基金会提供可搜索的数据和文件，用于年度报告的目的，而且将成为一个知识和资源可以自由聚集和分发的空间。

This award provides funding to the University of Michigan for support of the NSF Research Centers Educators Network (NRCEN): "PARTICIPANT SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS," a Scalable, Virtual Home for Education, Outreach and Public Engagement Professionals, under the direction of Jill Andrews. This website will be an incentive-based, interactive online resource with underlying virtual communication tools oriented around open-source, collaborative software. The intellectual merit of this project is that it will be a unique opportunity to study the social and technical development of an online community system to support an emerging professional community.The broader impact of this project is that the Participant Scientists and Engineers site will not only provide NSF with searchable data and documentation for annual reporting purposes, but will serve as a space where knowledge and resources can be assembled and distributed freely.