EAGER: Understanding the Assumptions of Principal Investigators Making the Leap to Large

本项目旨在通过利益相关者映射调查方法，记录一组独特的研究人员的观点，这些研究人员都渴望领导大型科学和工程研究项目。它还将开发探索性方法，以提供大规模的系列虚拟研讨会，使研究人员能够概念化，计划和执行高影响力的大型项目。为了适应虚拟形式，该项目在7周内连续提供服务，并修订了教学方法，以便每次会议都是一个综合的一揽子计划，包括预先录制的视频、现场主旨发言人、正式介绍、在小组中完成的简短练习以及参与者反馈的互动调查。该提案将允许聘请专业人员，他们可以真实的无缝地向1 000多名同时参加的参与者提供这些材料，并确定哪些内容最有效。利益相关者摸底调查将用于为参与者提供反思性意见，并促进科学和工程科学的发展，更好地了解渴望领导大型科学和工程项目的研究人员的兴趣和能力。该提案将提高研究人员的理解和能力，以促进其研究的科学，经济，劳动力和创新影响。它将扩大国家领导大规模科学和工程研究项目的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is to document the views of a unique set of researches all of whom aspire to lead large-scale science and engineering research projects through stakeholder mapping survey methods. It will also develop exploratory methodology to deliver serial virtual workshop sessions at scale that prepare researchers to conceptualize, plan, and execute high impact large projects. To accommodate the virtual format, the project serialized delivery over 7 weeks and revised the pedagogy so that each session could be an integrated package of pre-recorded video, live keynote speakers, formal presentation, short exercises completed in small break-out groups, and interactive surveys for participant feedback. This proposal will allow for engaging professionals who can seamlessly deliver these materials in real time to over 1,000 simultaneous participants and identify which elements are most effective. Stakeholder mapping surveys will be used both to provide reflective input to the participants and to advance the science of science and engineering and better understand the interests and capabilities of researchers who aspire to lead large-scale science and engineering projects.This proposal will improve investigator understanding and capability for advancing the scientific, economic, workforce, and innovation impacts of their research. It will expand national capacity to lead large-scale science and engineering research projects. It will also support long-term hosting of the workshop series for on-going community reuse.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.