DCL: NSF INCLUDES: EAGER: Examining Collective Impact in a Community-University Partnership to Broaden Girls' Participation in Science from Middle School to High School Graduation

该项目正在进行研究，应用集体影响框架来检查多组织伙伴关系的具体组成部分，重点是骨干基础设施和协作的功能。多组织伙伴关系的重点是扩大少数族裔少女对STEM的参与，涉及K-12学校、学院和大学、行业和STEM研究组织。本研究的一个重要贡献是了解这种多组织伙伴关系如何在没有传统骨干组织的情况下运作。有五个研究问题：(1)组织内部和组织之间的协作成功的关键特征（角色、关系类型、个人属性）是什么？(2)该协作在多大程度上满足协作影响战略的五个定义标准？(3)伙伴关系内部组织网络的哪些组成部分是骨干支撑？(4)脊椎骨是如何与其他集体影响因素一起发展和维持的？(5)骨干网络的特征在多大程度上可复制和扩展到大学和stem社区组织之间的其他合作？本研究是为了响应NSF INCLUDES致同事的信：扩大NSF INCLUDES全国网络的公告（NSF 17-111）而创建的。DCL指出，EAGER提案应产生的发现和结果将为NSF INCLUDES国家网络产生新的见解，建议参与NSF现有的扩大参与网络活动的潜在战略，并/或突出吸取的经验教训，以便在发展过程中为NSF INCLUDES启动试点和联盟提供信息。NSF INCLUDES项目的重点是促进STEM企业协同工作，实现包容性变革。该项目产生的研究结果为STEM扩大参与网络的集体影响框架提供了信息，并将为研究人员、教育工作者、家庭和行业提供有关如何推进包容性STEM教育、研究和劳动力发展的扩大参与努力的信息。与其他NSF INCLUDES网络活动一起，这项研究正在为美国STEM劳动力和研究界带来积极的、变革性的变化。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is conducting research that is applying the collective impact framework to examine specific components of a multi-organizational partnership, with emphasis on the backbone infrastructure and functionality of the collaboration. The multi-organizational partnership, which is focused on broadening the participation of minority teenage girls in STEM, involves K-12 schools, colleges and universities, industry, and STEM research organizations. An important contribution of the proposed research is to understand how this multi-organizational partnership functions without a traditional backbone organization. There are five research questions: (1) What key features (roles, relationship types, individual attributes) within and between organizations make the collaboration successful? (2) To what extent does this collaboration satisfy the five defining criteria of collaborative impact strategies? (3) What components of the organizational network within the partnership serve as backbone support? (4) How was the backbone developed and sustained over time in tandem with other collective impact elements? (5) To what extent are the features of the backbone replicable and scalable to other collaborations between universities and STEM-focused community organizations? This research was created in response to the NSF INCLUDES Dear Colleague Letter: Announcement of an Effort to Expand the NSF INCLUDES National Network (NSF 17-111). The DCL states that EAGER Proposals should produce findings and results that will generate new insights for the NSF INCLUDES National Network, suggest potential strategies for engaging NSF's existing broadening participation activities in the Network and/or highlight lessons learned that could inform the NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilots and Alliances as they develop. The NSF INCLUDES program focuses on catalyzing the STEM enterprise to collaboratively work for inclusive change.The research findings that are being generated from this project inform the collective impact framework for STEM broadening participation networks, and it will inform researchers, educators, families and industry about how to advance broadening participation efforts for inclusive STEM education, research and workforce development. Together with other NSF INCLUDES Network activities, this research is contributing to positive, transformative change within the U.S. STEM workforce and research community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.