NSF RISE: Enhancement of Research Capability and Development of Early Career Faculty at Tuskegee University

科学与技术卓越研究中心(CREST)项目中的传统黑人学院和大学科学与工程研究基础设施(HBCU-RISE)活动支持提供科学和工程学科博士学位的HBCU研究能力的发展。HBCU-RISE项目与东道国部门(S)的长期计划和机构使命以及扩大机构研究能力和增加科学和工程博士生产量的计划有直接联系。在国家科学基金会的支持下，塔斯基吉大学打算通过让五名STEM教师沉浸在四项相互关联的活动中来指导他们。拟议的干预措施加强了先进材料的研究和教育，在国家实验室提供研究经验，培养勇往直前的精神，并提供职业与生活平衡方面的培训。塔斯基吉大学(TU)RISE提案的目标是开发、实施和传播一种模式，以增加TU具有材料科学与工程(MSE)专业知识的初级教员的数量，这些教师反过来将增加MSE博士的产量。五名职业生涯初期的STEM教员将沉浸在以下四项相互关联的辅导干预措施中，旨在增强他们在MSE研究方面的专业知识，并在准备竞争性研究资助提案时发展技能，同时采用积极的类似工作的平衡做法：干预措施1(研究)将增强先进材料的研究和教育能力；干预措施2(研究)将在国家实验室提供研究经验；干预措施3(赠款精神)将通过在所有颁奖前和颁奖后过程中的指导支持培养赠款精神；以及4)干预措施4(工作-生活平衡)将提供一个关于职业与生活平衡的系列研讨会。这些干预措施将使德克萨斯大学初级教员在吸引联邦机构和基金会的研究资助方面变得更具竞争力，并增加未被充分代表的非裔美国博士生的数量。通过先进材料方面的干预措施1和干预措施2开发的流程和知识将有助于生物医学、农业和聚合物科学等领域的产品开发。此外，RISE模式将产生的知识是可扩展的，并可以在其他HBCU复制，以克服其初级教员面临的挑战。更广泛的影响还包括TU在先进材料方面研究能力的提高，以及许多少数民族和拥有理科和理科硕士学位的女性的生产。和博士学位。参与的学生将接受尖端研究方面的培训，并学习沟通和人际交往技能，这将使他们成为其他学生的榜样。此外，这些毕业生将有助于为国家先进的技术劳动力带来亟需的多样性。由RISE基金建立的人文和物理科学基础设施将有助于TU达到卡内基博士授予机构的长期愿景。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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) activity within the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program supports the development of research capability at HBCUs that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines. HBCU-RISE projects have a direct connection to the long-term plans of the host department(s) and the institutional mission and plans for expanding institutional research capacity as well as increasing the production of doctoral students in science and engineering. With support from the National Science Foundation, Tuskegee University intends to mentor five early career STEM faculty by immersing them in four interconnected activities. The proposed interventions enhance research and education in advanced materials, provide research experiences at national laboratories, foster grantsmanship and provide training in career-life balance. The goal of the Tuskegee University (TU) RISE proposal is to develop, implement and disseminate a model to increase the number of junior faculty with the expertise in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at TU who will in turn increase the production of PhDs in MSE. Five early career STEM faculty will be immersed in the following four interconnected mentored interventions designed to bolster their expertise in MSE research and develop skills in the preparation of competitive proposals for research funding while adopting positive work-like balance practices: Intervention 1 (Research) will enhance research and educational capabilities in advanced materials; Intervention 2 (Research) will provide research experiences at national laboratories; Intervention 3 (Grantsmanship) will foster Grantsmanship through mentored support in all pre and post award processes; and 4) Intervention 4 (Work-Life Balance) will provide a Workshop Series on Career-Life Balance. These interventions will allow TU junior faculty to become more competitive in attracting research grants from Federal agencies and foundations and increase the number of underrepresented African American doctoral students. The processes and knowledge developed through interventions 1 & 2 in advanced materials will help in product development in areas such as biomedical, agriculture and polymer science. Additionally, the knowledge that will be generated by the RISE model is scalable and can be replicated at other HBCUs to overcome the challenges faced by their junior faculty. The broader impacts also include improved research capabilities at TU in advanced materials and the production of many minorities and women with B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Participating students will be trained in cutting-edge research and learn communication and interpersonal skills which will enable them to become role models for other students. Moreover, these graduates will help bring much-needed diversity to the nation's advanced technological workforce. The human and physical scientific infrastructure established by the RISE grant will contribute to TU’s long-term vision of reaching the Carnegie classification as a doctoral granting institution.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.