A Workshop for Broadening Participation in the Economics Profession: Proposal Writing and Grants Management

摘要：扩大经济学专业参与的研讨会：提案撰写和拨款管理非洲裔美国人在经济学专业中的代表性相对于他们在美国的人口份额偏低。历史上一直是黑人的学院和大学(HBCU)的研究人员在NSF资助的经济学研究活动中的参与率甚至远远低于非裔美国人在经济学专业中的代表性。在美国劳动力日益多样化的时代，扩大对STEM研究的参与已成为必要。参与率低的部分原因可以归因于HBCU研究人员缺乏高质量的提案。这个拟议的研讨会旨在将来自HBCU的研究人员、NSF项目主任、HBCU管理人员和NSF获奖者聚集在一起，开发提高HBCU提交赠款申请质量的方法。如果获奖，研讨会将提供撰写竞争性研究资助申请和管理奖项的“实践”经验。这次研讨会的预期成果包括：HBCU向NSF提交的竞争性提案数量增加，HBCU研究人员之间以及HBCU和非HBCU研究人员之间的合作增加，HBCU经济学教员在被引用的期刊上发表的文章增加，最终HBCU拥有强大的研究基础设施和文化。研讨会的关键方面是将为新研究人员提供长期指导，以及将发展的研究人员之间的合作。让HBCU管理人员参与将让他们意识到研究是多么耗时，从而说服他们为他们的教职员工提供时间释放，以便能够撰写有竞争力的提案。本次研讨会的成果将有助于在美国建立一个强大和多样化的STEM科学界。来自美国东南部的约20名积极从事研究的HBCU经济学家、NSF资助奖获得者、社会行为和经济局(SBE)的NSF项目主任以及HBCU管理人员将应邀参加本次研讨会。之前的NSF获奖者将被指派为HBCU教职员工的导师，NSF项目官员将在研讨会上担任顾问。讲习班的重点将放在赠款编写和赠款管理的实际方面。这次研讨会成功的关键是要求每个参与者拿出一个研究项目的大纲草案，S将在研讨会上努力完善，并在研讨会结束后继续与他/她的导师一起完善，最终提交给国家科学基金资助。如果成功，这些努力不仅可以在其他地区复制，而且可以在其他学科复制，目前的受训者在未来的努力中充当导师。为衡量工作坊的成功程度，私人投资总监会收集参加者参加工作坊前后研究生产力的数据。为了进行有效的评价，执行干事还将收集关于一个对照小组的信息，以便能够评价讲习班的成效。这次研讨会将有助于在美国发展一个强大和多样化的经济学专业，从而为美国的经济发展做出贡献。在经济科学领域的领导地位。

Abstract: A Workshop for Broadening Participation in the Economics Profession: Proposal Writing and Grant ManagementAfrican Americans are under-represented in the Economics profession relative to their population share in the U.S. The participation rate of researchers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in NSF funded research activities in economics is even much lower than African American representation in the Economics profession. In an era of increasing diversity of the U.S. workforce, broadening participation in STEM research has become a necessity. Part of this low participation rate can be attributed to lack of supply of quality proposals from HBCU researchers. This proposed Workshop aims to bring researchers from HBCUs, NSF Program Directors, HBCU Administrators and NSF Awardees together to develop approaches to increase quality submission of grant applications from HBCUs. The Workshop will provide a "hands on" experience in writing competitive research grant applications and managing awards should one win award. Expected outcomes of this Workshop include increased number of competitive proposals submitted to NSF from HBCUs, increased collaboration among HBCU researchers and among HBC and non-HBCU researchers, increased publications in refereed journals by HBCU economics faculty, and ultimately a strong research infrastructure and culture in HBCUs. Key aspects of the Workshop is the long term mentoring that will be provided for new researchers, as well as the collaboration across researchers that will develop. Involving HBCU Administrators will let them realize how time consuming research is and therefore convince them provide time release for their faculty to be able write competitive proposals. The results of this Workshop will contribute to the development of a strong and diverse STEM scientific community in the U.S.About 20 research-active HBCU economists from the Southeastern U.S., NSF grant awardees, NSF Program Directors from the Social Behavioral and Economics Directorate (SBE), and HBCU Administrators will be invited to this Workshop. Prior NSF awardee will be assigned as mentors to the HBCU faculty and NSF Program Officers will act as resource persons at the Workshop. The focus of the Workshop will be on the practical aspects of grant writing and grant management. The key to success of this workshop is the requirement that each participant comes in with a draft outline of a research project which s/he will work to refine at the workshop and continue to work on refining with his/her mentor after the Workshop and ultimately submit to the NSF for funding. If successful, the efforts can be replicated not only in other regions but also in other disciplines with current mentees acting as mentors in future efforts. To gauge the success of the Workshop, the PIs will collect data on the research productivity of participants before and after participation. For effective evaluation, the PIs will also collect information on a control group in order to be able evaluate the effectiveness or otherwise of the Workshop. This Workshop will contribute to the development of a strong and diverse Economics profession in the U.S., thus contributing the U.S.' leadership in economic science.