NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Increasing the Representation of Minorities in Engineering (IRME)

NSF包括规划补助金：增加少数族裔在工程领域的代表性(IRME)NSF包括规划拨款，资金来自NSF将未被充分代表的工程和科学发现者的学习社区纳入全国(NSF Includes)，这是一项综合性的国家倡议，旨在通过关注多样性、包容性和扩大对STEM的规模参与来加强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。这项计划拨款的目标是通过计划建立一个机构联盟，扩大黑人、西班牙裔和其他代表性不足的群体在高等教育工程项目中的参与和成功，以满足发展多样化和公平的工程能力劳动力的迫切需求。这项由摩根州立大学领导的集体影响努力建立在包括杰克逊州立大学、北卡罗来纳农业技术州立大学和齐克研究公司在内的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上。在一个强大的骨干组织GlobalMindED的推动下，IRME项目将为NSF制定一个共同的愿景，包括将促进获得工程职业并扩大未被充分代表的学生参与工程学的联盟；并明确历史上黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的工程项目联盟与少数族裔服务机构(MSI)、非营利组织和行业之间的伙伴关系。IRME项目将通过参与以下催化活动为扩大参与研究领域贡献关键知识：1)综合在扩大参与努力和工程教育最佳实践方面的趋势；2)通过实施在线研讨会来制定一份基于证据的简报，旨在倾听和捕捉寻求聘用工程学毕业生的学生、教师、管理人员和行业合作伙伴的声音和观点；以及3)制定强有力的研究议程，考察影响在工程学领域历史上代表性不足的群体成功的社会、政治和学术因素。将确定促进公平、持久性和有效做法的战略，并通过NSF包括协调中心以及相关的工程会议与NSF包括国家网络分享。IRME项目有可能带来系统性的变化，通过让相关利益相关者参与多部门合作，通过发展NSF包括联盟来增加少数人在工程中的代表。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。

NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Increasing the Representation of Minorities inEngineering (IRME)This NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The goal of this planning grant is to address the urgent need for the development of a diverse and equitable engineering-capable workforce by planning for an alliance of institutions that will broaden the participation and success of Black, Hispanic, and other underrepresented groups in higher education engineering programs. This collective impact effort, led by Morgan State University, builds on an existing partnership that includes Jackson State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Ziker Research. Propelled by the momentum of a strong backbone organization, GlobalMindED, the IRME project will develop a shared vision for an NSF INCLUDES alliance that will catalyze access to engineering careers and broaden the participation of underrepresented students in engineering; and crystalize partnerships between a consortium of engineering programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), nonprofit organizations, and industry.The IRME project will contribute critical knowledge to the field of broadening participation research by engaging in catalytic activities that include: 1) synthesizing trends in broadening participation efforts and best practices in engineering education; 2) producing an evidence-based brief developed through the implementation of an online workshop designed for listening to and capturing the voices and perspectives of students, faculty, administrators, and industry partners seeking to hire engineering graduates; and 3) developing a robust research agenda that will examine the social, political, and academic factors that influence the success of groups historically underrepresented in engineering. Strategies for promoting equity, persistence, and effective practices will be identified and shared with the NSF INCLUDES National Network through the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub, as well as at relevant engineering conferences. The IRME project has the potential to bring about systemic change that will broaden participation in engineering by engaging relevant stakeholders in a multi-sector collaboration to increase minority representation in engineering through the development of an NSF INCLUDES Alliance.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.