2014 NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Workshop: Interdisciplinarity and Innovation

美国国家科学院（National Academies）最近的报告指出，美国的竞争力正在减弱，需要多样化的劳动力来推动创新。联邦政府资助的大学研究已被证明是创新的驱动力，少数族裔和女性仍然是一个未得到充分利用的人才来源。本次研讨会将于2014年8月21日至22日在美国国家科学基金会举行，主要针对女性和少数族裔工程教师。它将为参与者提供专业发展的机会，并有机会更好地了解如何识别、开展和资助跨学科团队开展的变革性研究。在此过程中，研讨会讨论了国家科学基金会的战略目标以及与我们的全球竞争力和改善的国民经济有关的国家的关键需求。在PI领导的以前的研讨会中采用的过去的专业发展模式的基础上，并结合了解决跨学科和研究创新的编程，这个EFRI资助的研讨会具有独特的成功定位。教师参与者将更好地了解跨学科和什么是尖端的变革性研究，如何将一个团队聚集在一起来定义一个重要的研究问题/挑战并制定解决它的策略，如何领导跨学科团队和管理大型复杂项目，以及如何建立网络和利用机会。研讨会形式将包括一系列为期一天半的信息和互动会议。它的组织专门针对专业发展，领导力和创新以及项目管理，以支持变革性研究。参与者将从全国各地的机构招募，特别强调少数族裔服务机构，演讲者将来自工程师学会、联邦机构、高级教师和管理人员、国家科学基金会项目官员和成功的EFRI获奖者。

Recent reports from the National Academies speak to the weakening of U.S. competitiveness and the need for a diverse workforce to drive innovation. Federally funded university research is a proven driver of innovation, and minorities and women remain an insufficiently tapped talent source. This workshop, targeted towards women and underrepresented minority engineering faculty, will be conducted at NSF on August 21-22, 2014. It will provide participants with opportunities for professional development and a chance to gain a better understanding of how to identify, conduct and fund transformative research carried out by interdisciplinary teams. In doing so, the workshop addresses strategic goals of the National Science Foundation and critical needs of the nation related to our global competiveness and an improved national economy.Building upon past professional development models employed in previous workshops led by the PI and incorporating programming that addresses interdisciplinarity and research innovation, this EFRI funded workshop is uniquely positioned for success. Faculty participants will gain a better understanding of interdisciplinarity and what constitutes cutting-edge transformative research, how to bring a team together to define an important research problem/challenge and develop a strategy to address it, how to lead interdisciplinary teams and manage large complex projects, and how to network and exploit opportunities. The workshop format will consist of a series of informational and interactive sessions over a 1 ½ day period. It is organized to specifically address professional development, leadership and innovation along with project management in support of transformative research. Participants will be recruited from institutions across the country with a special emphasis on minority serving institutions and presenters will be drawn from the academy of engineers, federal agencies, senior faculty and administrators, NSF program officers, and successful EFRI awardees.