Workshop on Grant Proposal Writing at the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference; Baltimore, Maryland; 31 May to 3 June 2022

该奖项将支持与2022年5月31日至6月3日在马里兰州巴尔的摩举行的2022年工程力学研究所会议一起举行的拨款提案写作研讨会。早期职业研究人员通常对拨款提案写作和提案审查过程的接触和经验有限。本次研讨会旨在为早期职业研究人员提供机会，了解美国国家科学基金会（NSF）及其绩效审查过程，并与最近的NSF获奖者进行一系列互动会议，讨论提案写作的最佳实践和策略。重点将放在征聘妇女和工程领域代表性不足的少数民族参加讲习班。通过提供清晰、指导和反馈，研讨会将支持下一代工程研究人员提高他们未来建议的质量，并最终在明确定义的目标、计划和评估成功的机制的指导下提高研究质量和更广泛的影响。本次研讨会将举办一系列互动研讨会、小组讨论和其他活动，旨在提高参与的早期职业研究人员未来提案的质量。参与者将包括高级博士生、博士后研究人员和早期职业教师。演讲者和小组成员将介绍最近的NSF获奖者，包括NSF教师早期职业发展计划的获奖者。会议主题将包括以下内容：(i)概述NSF、土木、机械和制造创新部门以及绩效评估过程；（ii）撰写拨款建议的最佳做法及策略；（iii）分享近期获资助人士的经验；（iv）小型分组会议，让参与者有机会提出详细的问题，并获得项目总结的反馈，这些反馈可能作为未来提案的基础。此外，我们鼓励参加者在工作坊期间展示自己选择的海报。研讨会的一个关键特点是，它将与2022年工程力学研究所会议联系在一起，这将为早期职业研究人员提供机会，与来自学术界、国家实验室和工业界的研究人员建立网络并讨论他们的研究，同时也确保研讨会讨论和反馈将与工程力学和民用基础设施社区的参与者直接相关和可访问。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 award will support a Grant Proposal Writing Workshop to be held in conjunction with the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, 31 May to 3 June 2022. Early career researchers typically have limited exposure and experience with grant proposal writing and the proposal review process. This workshop aims to provide early career researchers with opportunities to learn about the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its merit review process and engage in a series of interactive sessions with recent NSF awardees discussing best practices and strategies in proposal writing. An emphasis will be placed on recruiting women and underrepresented minorities in engineering to participate in the workshop. By providing clarity, guidance, and feedback, the workshop will support the next generation of engineering researchers in improving the quality of their future proposals and, ultimately, the quality of research and broader impacts guided by clearly defined objectives, plans, and mechanisms to assess success. A series of interactive seminars, panels, and other activities will be held in this workshop with the goal of improving the quality of future proposals from participating early career researchers. Participants will include senior doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty. Speakers and panelists will feature recent NSF awardees, including awardees from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. Session topics will include the following: (i) an overview of the NSF, the Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division, and the Merit Review Process; (ii) best practices and strategies in grant proposal writing; (iii) shared experiences from recent grant awardees; and (iv) small breakout sessions providing participants the opportunity to ask detailed questions and receive feedback on project summaries that may serve as the basis of a future proposal. Additionally, participants will be encouraged to present a poster of their choice for display during the workshop. A key feature of the workshop is that it will be linked with the 2022 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, which will provide opportunities for the early career researchers to network and discuss their research with researchers from academia, national laboratories, and industry, while also ensuring that workshop discussions and feedback will be directly relevant and accessible to participants from the community of engineering mechanics and civil infrastructure.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.