WORKSHOP: Broadening access to research opportunities at PUIs and HBCs in the Memphis region

该项目将支持为期两天的助学金讲习班，旨在提高以本科生为主的院校(PUI)和历史黑人学院(HBC)在获得赠款资金以支持科学教育和研究方面的成功，并扩大本科生从事科学职业的机会。位于田纳西州孟菲斯的罗兹学院将为罗兹学院、孟菲斯大学、三所HBC(勒莫因-欧文学院、莱恩学院和拉斯特学院)和更大的孟菲斯地区的其他学院的教职员工、管理人员和本科生举办研讨会。罗兹学院在孟菲斯的地理位置使其与勒莫因-欧文学院位于同一城市，距离莱恩学院和拉斯特学院很短的车程。在研讨会期间，教职员工和管理人员将参加研讨会，讨论如何成功地编写赠款，并确定与其机构的科学研究和教育使命相一致的资助机会。学生们将学习在全国范围内寻找和申请暑期研究实习的策略。学生们还将了解国家科学基金会的研究生研究奖学金计划，以及如何成为这一享有盛誉的奖项的有竞争力的申请者，该奖项支持正在攻读科学、技术、工程和数学学科硕士或博士学位的优秀学生。该项目的更广泛影响包括三个重债穷国的参与，为传统上STEM领域代表性不足的群体的学生提供了更多获得科学职业的机会。讲习班的结果是，这三个哈佛商学院的教职员工和学生将更好地为申请赠款资金做好准备，以加强这些机构的科学基础设施和教育。罗兹学院和田纳西州孟菲斯附近的研究机构的教职员工一直在积极寻求外部资金。然而，近年来成功获得巨额研究资助对许多教职员工来说可能是一项挑战。因此，这次研讨会的目标之一是提高教师的技能，并为教师提供工具，以确定新的资助机会，目标是增加孟菲斯地区机构理科教师获得研究补助金的机会。罗兹学院和孟菲斯地区的教职员工不仅通过暑期研究岗位培训本科生，还从大孟菲斯地区的勒莫因-欧文学院、莱恩学院和拉斯特学院招收学生，这三所学院都是历史悠久的黑人学院(HBC)。加强这些长期的伙伴关系预计将增加地区重债穷国本科生可获得的暑期研究实习机会。这个项目的更广泛的影响预计将增加在科学中代表性不足的群体的参与。这一奖项反映了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。

This project will support a two-day grantsmanship workshop designed to increase the success of predominately undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) in obtaining grant funding to support science education and research, and to broaden access to science careers for undergraduate college students. Rhodes College, which is located in Memphis, TN, will host the workshop for faculty, administrators, and undergraduate college students of Rhodes College, the University of Memphis, three HBCs (LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, and Rust College) and other colleges in the larger Memphis region. Rhodes College’s geographical location in Memphis places it within the same city as LeMoyne-Owen College and within short driving distances of Lane College and Rust College. During the workshop, faculty and administrators will participate in workshop sessions on successful grant-writing and identifying funding opportunities that align with their institutions’ science research and educational missions. Students will learn strategies for identifying and applying for summer research internships across the country. Students will also learn about the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program and how to become a competitive applicant for this prestigious award, which supports outstanding students who are pursuing a Master’s or doctoral degree in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The Broader Impacts of this project include the participation of three HBCs, providing the potential to increase access to science careers for students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. As a result of the workshop, faculty and students at these three HBCs will be better prepared to apply for grant funding to enhance science infrastructure and education at those institutions. Faculty at Rhodes College and neighboring research institutions surrounding Memphis, TN have been active in pursuing external funding. However, success in obtaining large research grant awards in recent years can be challenging for many faculty. Thus, one goal of this workshop is to improve grantsmanship skills and provide faculty the tools to identify new funding opportunities, with the goal of increasing access to research grants for science faculty at Memphis area institutions. Rhodes College and Memphis-area faculty not only train undergraduate students via summer research positions, but also recruit students from LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, and Rust College, three Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) in the greater Memphis region. Strengthening these longstanding partnerships is expected to increase the number of summer research internships that are available to undergraduates from regional HBCs. The Broader Impacts of this project are expected to increase participation of groups underrepresented in science.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.