Proposal Writing Workshop for Psychology Education Research and Development

该项目旨在通过提供有针对性的研讨会培训来服务于国家利益，以增加对NSF改善本科生STEM教育(IUSE)计划以及NSF教育和人力资源(EHR)董事会其他计划提案过程的理解。研讨会将针对美国东南部和大西洋中部的高等教育机构(IHE)的心理学系，重点关注那些历史上曾为STEM研究领域目前代表性不足的人群提供服务的机构。此外，参加研讨会的心理学系和IHE将是那些刚刚接触NSF资助或过去NSF资助有限的人，因为这个项目的目标是增加来自尚未积极寻求此类支持的心理学系提交的IUSE的数量和质量。研讨会将提供信息、指导和活动，旨在帮助潜在的首席研究人员在提交IUSE提案的道路上。国家科学基金会的目标之一是接触到“失踪的数百万”个人，他们有接受STEM教育和劳动力参与的潜力，但到目前为止还没有积极参与到这条教育或职业道路上来。该项目计划通过为来自美国东南部和大西洋中部的心理学教师创造一个同行指导环境来满足这些需求，该环境将通过研讨会的准备、交付和后续工作来发展。IHE的目标将是那些服务于高比例学生的学校，这些学生来自参加STEM的人数不足的人群。这些机构可能是NSF资金的新成员或相对较新的成员。讲习班的目的是建立一批拥有共同经验的潜在个人投资机构，这些人已经在进行与IUSE目标相一致的研究，但迄今尚未利用这种资金来推进其研究。通过提供信息，以及为与会者搭建提案撰写经验的脚手架，预计跨机构合作以及个人或部门提交给IUSE计划的情况将会增加。将对这一过程进行评估，并将如何增加提交的结果传播给NSF以及其他心理学协会(例如美国心理协会)并通过这些协会传播。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。通过机构和社区转型轨道，该计划支持高等教育机构和学科社区转变和改进STEM教育的努力。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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by providing targeted workshop training to increase understanding of the process of crafting proposals to the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, as well as other programs in the Education and Human Resources (EHR) directorate of NSF. The workshop will target psychology departments from institutions of higher education (IHE) in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic portions of the United States, with a focus on institutions that have historically served students from populations currently underrepresented in STEM fields of study. Additionally, the psychology departments and IHE to be targeted for workshop attendance will be those who are either new to NSF funding or have had limited NSF funding in the past, as the goal of this project is to increase the number and quality of IUSE submissions coming from psychology departments who have yet to be active in seeking such support. The workshop will provide information, mentoring, and activities designed to aid potential principal investigators on their path to IUSE proposal submission. One of NSF targeted goals is to access the “Missing Millions” of individuals who have potential for STEM education and workforce engagement, but have not, as of yet, been actively engaged in that educational or career path. This project plans on addressing those needs by creating a peer mentoring environment of psychology faculty from the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic portions of the United States that will develop through workshop preparation, delivery, and follow-up. The targeted IHE will be those that serve a high percentage of students from populations who are underrepresented in their participation in STEM. These institutions are likely to be new or relatively new to NSF funding. The workshop will be designed to build a cohort of potential PIs with shared experiences who are already conducting research that is aligned with the goals of IUSE, but have, to date, not made use of such funding to advance their research. Through the delivery of information, along with scaffolding the proposal writing experience for attendees, it is expected that cross institutional collaborations as well as individual or departmental submissions to the IUSE program will increase. The process will be evaluated and the findings of how to increase submissions will be disseminated both to NSF as well as to and through other psychology associations (e.g., the American Psychological Association.) The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Institutional and Community Transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.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.