Build and Broaden: Collaborative Research: African American Family Relationship Research through Partnerships with HBCUs

该奖项支持一个会议，该会议促进历史上的黑人学院/大学(HBCU)、少数族裔服务机构(MSI)和研究密集型机构(R1)之间的联系和研究合作。该提案回应了美国国家科学基金会亲爱的同事信：建立和拓宽：促进新的社会、行为和经济科学与少数群体服务机构(MSI)的合作。建设和拓宽计划的目标，以及这个研讨会，是为了促进联系，使提交有竞争力的合作研究提案成为可能。由此产生的项目将支持HBCU/MSI和R1机构的研究活动和资金，为这两个机构提供宝贵的研究经验和持久的研究基础设施投资。会议包括特邀教师导师，他们是发展科学学者，致力于与来自代表性不足群体的家庭合作，使用不同的方法，并使用小组内的研究设计来研究亲密/婚姻关系的根源。这些资深终身学者在获得外部资金支持他们的研究项目方面有很好的记录，并证明了有效指导和与其他研究人员合作的能力。教师导师将介绍他们的研究，并为那些对NSF的相关项目和研究资助过程总体上了解较少的个人提供所需的支架。教师导师将与哈佛大学/麻省理工学院任命的学者会面，并交流意见。将与所有与会者一起进行评价调查，以评估会议的质量、会议对与会者的影响以及在建立新的协作伙伴关系方面取得的初步成功。将利用后续调查来评估会议在提出原本不会提交的协作性赠款提案方面取得了多大成功。对许多研究者、教育工作者、实践者和政策制定者来说，理解人际关系家庭功能的发展意义非常重要。拟议中的会议旨在提高参与研究过程的人才和视角的广度，并在这一领域取得新的发现。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。

This award supports a conference that fosters connections and builds research collaborations between Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs), Minority-Serving institutions (MSIs), and research-intensive institutions (R1s). The proposal responds to NSF’s Dear Colleague Letter, Build and Broaden: Enabling New Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Collaborations with Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). The goal of the Build and Broaden program, and this workshop, is to foster connections that enable the submission of competitive collaborative research proposals. The resulting projects would support research activity and funding at both an HBCU/MSI and an R1 institution, providing valuable research experiences and lasting research infrastructure investment at both institutions. The conference includes invited faculty mentors who are developmental science scholars committed to working with families from underrepresented groups, using diverse methodologies, and using within-group research designs to study the roots of intimate/marital relationships. These senior, tenured scholars have strong records of securing external funding to support their research programs and have demonstrated the ability to effectively mentor and collaborate with other researchers. Faculty mentors will present their research and provide the scaffolding needed for individuals who are less knowledgeable about relevant programs at NSF and the research funding process in general. Faculty mentors will meet with scholars appointed at HBCUs/MSIs and exchange ideas. An evaluation survey will be conducted with all participants to assess the quality of the meeting, its impact on attendees, and the initial success at producing new collaborative partnerships. Follow up surveys will be used to assess how successful the meeting was at producing collaborative grant proposals that would not otherwise have been submitted. Understanding the developmental implications of interpersonal family function is important to many researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers. The proposed meeting seeks to enhance the breadth of talent and perspectives engaged in the research process, and in so doing to make new discoveries in this area.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.