Exploring a Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees, LANCA

摘要主要研究者：兰多夫S. Duran提案： EPS-1047309机构： 路易斯安那州立大学探索路易斯安那州的NSF职业奖获得者学院，兰卡这提议者寻求种子路易斯安那州的合作参与？的NSF教师早期职业发展（CAREER）获奖者（统称为总统青年研究员（PYI），NSF青年研究员（NYI）和CAREER获奖者），并建立一个机制，以评估和评估这个群体的影响？州内的科学和教育事业的合作努力。此外，提议者将探索在其他九个EPSCoR司法管辖区开展类似的合作。提议者设想了一个为期两天的会议，将包括来自路易斯安那州22个？提供学士学位或更高学位的机构，包括四所历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。目标机构代表了广泛的范围-公共，私人，区域，少数民族服务，研究密集型，主要是本科生。来自其他EPSCoR管辖区的受邀参与者将在评估研讨会中发挥作用？智力价值：智力价值的中心是建立一个杰出的社区，其合作可以显着加强主要位于美国东南部的几个EPSCoR司法管辖区的STEM研究和教育企业。 智力的优点是与播种拟议的组织？路易斯安那州NSF职业学院获奖者？（LANCA），可被其他司法管辖区改编和/或采用。结果呢？学院？将寻求：（i）促进获奖者的持续职业发展，（ii）协调和加强辖区内的教育/外联活动，（iii）系统地识别，鼓励和指导潜在的未来职业获奖者，以及（iv）开展由参与者集体确定的其他科学，政策和服务活动，及（v）作为促进各司法管辖区合作的资源，并协助年轻教师申请职业发展奖励。一个有凝聚力的，高度积极性的群体的潜在更广泛的影响？年轻？致力于为下一代科学家和工程师的利益进行STEM研究和教育的研究人员可能会对路易斯安那州的STEM研究和教育企业产生变革性的影响。 拟议工作的其他更广泛的影响在于利用小组评价和评估的结果？的努力，并将该信息传播给其他EPSCoR管辖区，供其用于发起类似的伙伴关系。评估类别将包括NSF资助对获奖者的影响，通过保留趋势，纵向赠款和专业成功，以及其他指标。

Abstract Principal Investigator: Randolph S. DuranProposal: EPS-1047309Institution: Louisiana State University Title: Exploring a Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees, LANCAThis proposers seek to seed the collaborative engagement of Louisiana?s NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awardees (collectively defined as Presidential Young Investigators (PYIs), NSF Young Investigators (NYIs), and CAREER awardees) and establish a mechanism to assess and evaluate the impact of this group?s collaborative efforts on the science and education enterprise within in the state. In addition, the proposers will explore seeding similar collaborative efforts in nine other EPSCoR jurisdictions. The proposers envision a two-day conference that will include participants from twenty-two of Louisiana?s institutions that provide baccalaureate or higher degrees, including four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The targeted institutions represent a broad range - public, private, regional, minority serving, research intensive, and primarily undergraduate. Invited participants from other EPSCoR jurisdictions will have a role in evaluating the workshop?s effectiveness and in seeding collaborations of CAREER awardees within their respective jurisdictions.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit centers on establishing an eminent community of CAREER awardees whose collaborations could significantly strengthen the STEM research and education enterprise of several EPSCoR jurisdictions located primarily in the southeastern United States. The intellectual merit is associated with seeding the proposed organization of a ?Louisiana Academy of NSF CAREER Awardees? (LANCA) which could be adapted and/or adopted by other jurisdictions. The resulting ?academies? would seek to: (i) enhance continued career development of awardees, (ii) coordinate and strengthen educational/outreach activities within the jurisdictions, (iii) systematically identify, encourage and mentor potential future CAREER awardees, and (iv) undertake additional scientific, policy, and service activities determined collectively by the participants, and (v) serve as a resource to stimulate collaborations across the jurisdictions and to assist young faculty in applying for CAREER awards.Broader Impacts: The potential broader impacts of a cohesive, highly motivated group of ?young? investigators who are committed to STEM research and education for the benefit of next generation scientists and engineers could have a transformative impact on the STEM research and education enterprise of Louisiana. Additional broader impacts of the proposed work lie in the use of outcomes from the evaluation and assessment of the group?s efforts and the dissemination of that information to other EPSCoR jurisdictions for their use in initiating similar partnerships. Assessment categories will include the impact of the NSF funding on the awardees via trends in retention, longitudinal grant and professional success, and other indicators.