Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network

向公众开放：扩大国家网络（PoP：ENN）正在全国范围内实施成功的NSF资助的门户网站到公众模式，其中研究人员接受培训，与非正式科学教育（伊势）机构的公众就他们正在进行的研究进行沟通和互动。 该项目在对8个地点的模型和另外15个地点的当前实施情况进行彻底评估之后，将把20个新的伊势地点纳入不断扩大的网络，为伊势专业人员提供关于使用和调整PoP实施手册和工具包的培训和指导，并开发一个增强的网络网站，作为交流和创新的中心。这项工作是对伊势组织的需求和活动的响应，这些组织继续扩大其使命除了向公众展示既定的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM），并正在努力成为游客也可以通过与研究人员面对面的互动体验当前研究的过程和前景的地方。 该项目正在扩大全国各地参与的机构的种类和数量，并促进它们建立知识库、分享经验和最佳做法的能力。

Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network (PoP: ENN) is implementing around the county the successful NSF-funded Portal to the Public model in which researchers are trained to communicate and interact with the general public at informal science education (ISE) institutions about the research that they are conducting. The project, which follows on a thorough evaluation of the model at eight sites and current implementation at an additional fifteen sites, will incorporate twenty new ISE sites into the growing network, provide training and mentorship to ISE professionals on the use and adaptation of the PoP implementation manual and toolkits, and develop an enhanced network website that will serve as a communication and innovation hub.The work is responsive to the needs and activities of ISE organizations which continue to expand their missions beyond presenting to the public established science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and are working to become places where visitors can also experience the process and promise of current research via face-to-face interactions with researchers. The project is expanding both the kind and number of institutions involved around the country and is facilitating their capacity to develop a knowledge base, share experiences and best practices.