Toolbox Workshop for the AccelNet PI Meeting

沟通和协作能力是有效研究团队和网络的关键。作为获奖项目会议的一部分，该项目的重点是通过在华盛顿特区为国际网络对网络合作的新资助成员举办以对话为基础的讲习班来加强这一能力。讲习班建立在工具箱对话倡议十年工作的基础上，旨在设计和提供以证据为基础的促进讨论，以提高跨学科团队的沟通和协作能力。研讨会将从两个方面促进知识的发展。首先，网络网络的参与成员之间的反思性讨论将增进他们自己对项目成功的潜在障碍和项目发展机会的了解。其次，将促进方法从研究团队扩展到更大的、分布的网络网络将为科学合作提供新的见解。该研讨会的主要目标是为国际网络对网络合作的成员提供机会，审查他们作为合作者、研究人员和网络成员的贡献所依据的信念和价值观。研讨会参与者将代表加速通过国际网络到网络合作研究计划中新资助的项目。研讨会将为代表的每个网络量身定做，最大限度地发挥他们在对话中所花时间的价值。研讨会将产生：(1)以团队为中心的关于他们项目的概念基础的对话，可以协调他们未来的集体思维；(2)共同创造活动的产品，将有助于团队的过程；(3)一份报告，提供沟通和合作建议，供团队考虑；(4)以沟通为重点的调查工具，团队可以用来定期检查他们的合作状况。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The ability to communicate and collaborate is key to effective research teams and networks. This project focuses on enhancing this ability through a dialogue-based workshop to be held in Washington DC for newly funded members of international network-to-network collaborations as part of an awardee project meeting. The workshop builds on a decade of work by the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative to design and deliver evidence-based facilitated discussions that increase the communicative and collaborative capacity of cross-disciplinary teams. The workshop will advance knowledge along two fronts. First, the reflective discussion among participating members of the networks of networks will increase their own understandings of potential obstacles to project success and opportunities for project development. Second, the extension of the facilitative approach from research teams to larger, distributed networks of networks will provide new insights to science collaborations. The primary goal of this workshop is to provide members of international network-to-network collaborations the opportunity to examine beliefs and values that inform their contributions as collaborators, researchers, and networks members. Workshop participants will represent newly funded projects in the Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaboration program. The workshop will be crafted for each network represented, maximizing the value of the time they spend in dialogue. The workshop will generate: (1) a team-focused conversation about the conceptual foundations of their project that can coordinate their collective thinking going forward; (2) products of a co-creation activity that will contribute to the team's process; (3) a report that offers communication and collaboration recommendations for the team's consideration; (4) a communication-focused survey tool that the teams can use to check in periodically about the status of their collaboration.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.