Capacity Building for Research at Minority Serving Institutions (CyBR-MSI)

该奖项全部或部分根据资助美国救援计划法案2021（公法117-2）.少数民族服务机构（MSIs）服务于来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生的比例很高，增加劳动力准备和有助于这些服务不足的群体在学士后途径的代表性增加.然而，联邦提供给高等教育机构的科学和工程研究资金中只有一小部分分配给了MSIs。为了满足这一需求，美国工程教育协会（ASEE）将开展一项计划，以提高少数民族服务机构（MSIs）对NSF计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE）核心计划的参与和竞争力（例如，人工智能、网络物理系统和网络安全方面的研究资金）。 为少数民族服务的机构的研究能力建设（CyBR-MSI）计划使用建构主义理论框架，并建立在2021年初举行的试点提案开发研讨会的经验教训的基础上。CyBR-MSI计划的目的有三个方面：（1）帮助参与者识别和共同创建NSF CISE核心计划的研究思路;（2）在MSI的研究人员中组建和发展团队;（3）帮助参与者建立一个新的团队。以及（3）为强有力的赠款提案奠定基础。该计划包括：（1）为期三天的网络，构思&团队建设研讨会（NITW），研究人员将组建团队并共同发展团队合作能力;（2）为期五周的提案开发研讨会（PDW），将为研究团队提供指导，写作实验室和关键提案组件开发的专家反馈;（3）导师计划（MP），将为每个研究团队提供经验丰富的指导;以及（4）小额赠款计划（MGP），将为研究项目提供种子资金。这些组成部分将提供强大的脚手架MSI研究人员通过促进构思，团队建设，指导，实践，审查和mentoring.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持，以发展团队绩效和建议竞争力的能力。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) serve a high proportion of students from underrepresented minority groups, increasing workforce readiness and contributing to increased representation of these underserved groups in post-baccalaureate pathways. However, only a small fraction of federal funding for science and engineering research provided to institutions of higher education is distributed to MSIs. Addressing this need, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will conduct a program to increase the participation and competitiveness of Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) for NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) core programs (e.g., research funding in artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, and cybersecurity). The Capacity Building for Research at Minority-Serving Institutions (CyBR-MSI) program uses a constructivist theoretical framework and builds on the lessons learned from a pilot proposal development workshop held in early 2021.The purpose of the CyBR-MSI program is threefold: to (1) help participants identify and co-create research ideas for NSF CISE core programs; (2) form and develop teams among researchers from MSIs; and (3) establish the groundwork for strong grant proposals. The program includes: (1) a three-day Networking, Ideation & Team-building Workshop (NITW) in which researchers will form teams and collectively develop teamwork competencies; (2) a five-week Proposal Development Workshop (PDW) that will provide research teams with instruction, writing labs, and expert feedback on the development of key proposal components; (3) a Mentoring Program (MP) that will give each research team experienced coaching; and (4) a Mini-Grant Program (MGP) that will offer seed funding for research projects. These components will provide robust scaffolding to MSI researchers to develop competencies of team performance and proposal competitiveness through facilitated ideation, team building, instruction, practice, review, and mentoring.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.