Using a Novel Cross-cultural Platform to Train Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduates as Emerging Leaders in Best Research Practices

该项目旨在通过培训社会科学和行为科学的本科生，通过参与跨文化合作和采用尖端心理学研究实践，成为最佳研究实践的新兴领导者，从而服务于国家利益。该项目将提高心理科学研究的质量，并通过为期一天的会议增加范围广泛的本科生研究人员的机会，其中包括一个独特的平台：国际合作交流网络(NICE)。NICE将作为一种理想的教学工具，因为它结合了事实证明可以大幅提高研究质量的循证实践，同时促进了基于人群的跨文化合作，支持更多的本科生参与研究。该项目将作为一个重要的工具，帮助本科生培养开展高质量研究所需的关键技能，并为显著推动心理学作为一门科学的全球规模的研究项目做出贡献。该项目的总体目标是教育和培训社会科学和行为科学的学生，使他们成为新兴的领导者，具备在NICE平台的支持下开始采用最佳研究实践的能力。为实现这一目标，项目组将通过为期一天的会议和广泛的会后查阅会议材料来实现三个具体目标。首先，正在通过主旨演讲和小组讨论向与会者介绍围绕心理科学研究问题的持续讨论，包括复制危机和开放科学方法。第二，为与会者提供知识和工具，以解决现有的研究问题，方法是提供有关NICE平台的动手培训研讨会，以及培训培训员课程，为教师和研究生导师提供在本国机构教授该平台的工具。第三，通过在基于人群的平台上提供联网和培训机会，在NICE框架内支持未来的研究合作。将对讲习班的影响进行评估，并将通过研究咨询委员会在Psi chi网站和开放科学框架网站上的网页广泛传播成果。本次会议的资金来自NSF IUSE：EDU计划，该计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育效率。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 training undergraduate students in the social and behavioral sciences to become emerging leaders in best research practices through engagement in cross-cultural collaboration and adoption of cutting-edge psychological research practices. This project will enhance the quality of psychological science research, as well as increase access for a broad range of undergraduate student researchers through a one-day conference incorporating a unique platform: Network for International Collaborative Exchange (NICE). NICE will serve as an ideal teaching tool as it incorporates evidence-based practices proven to substantially improve research quality, while facilitating crowd-based, cross-cultural collaboration that supports increased undergraduate participation in research. The project will serve as an important tool to help undergraduates develop critical skills needed to conduct high-quality research and contribute to research projects of global scale that significantly advance psychology as a science. The overarching project goal is to educate and train students in the social and behavioral sciences to become emerging leaders equipped to begin adopting best research practices with the support of the NICE platform. Towards this goal the project team will pursue three specific objectives through a one-day conference and broad post-conference access to the conference materials. First, is introducing attendees through keynote speakers and panel discussions to ongoing discussion around research issues in psychological science including the replication crisis and Open Science methods. Second, is equipping attendees with knowledge and tools to address existing research issues by providing hands-on training workshops about the NICE platform and train-the-trainer sessions to give faculty and graduate student mentors the tools to teach the platform at their home institutions. Third, is supporting future research collaborations within the NICE framework by offering opportunities for networking and training on the crowd-based platform. The workshop’s impact will be evaluated, and the outcomes will be disseminated widely, including through the Research Advisory Committee pages on Psi Chi’s website and on the Open Science Framework website. Funding for this conference is from the NSF IUSE: EDU Program which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.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.