CISE Research Expansion Aspiring Investigators Conference: A Workshop on CISE Programs for Minority Serving Institutions in the Southern US Region

提案团队希望为美国东南部地区少数族裔服务机构(MSI)计算机和信息科学与工程(CEISE)学科的现有和潜在调查人员组织一次研讨会。CISE领域的人口多样性产生了更多的创新，并对国家经济产生了显著的有利影响。从历史上看，MSI在争取联邦拨款方面不如非MSI机构成功，导致这一重要的国家资源得不到充分利用，并错失了少数族裔学生的教育机会。研讨会将邀请成功的研究人员分享他们的经验，并与他们有抱负的年轻同事建立新的研究伙伴关系。希望该项目将提高该地区MSI提交提案的比率，从而在核心CESE学科方面产生更多研究。研讨会基于一个成功的模式，将年轻的未来调查人员与更资深的研究人员相匹配，后者成功地竞争联邦拨款，形成合作伙伴关系，从而提交新的CESE相关项目提案。这次为期一天半的会议将在阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校(UAH)的校园里举行，来自亨茨维尔市方圆200英里范围内的10-15名高级导师和两倍于此数量的有抱负的MI将聚集在一起。亨茨维尔市是美国东南部的一个地理区域，覆盖了美国东南部的四个州和25个MSI，其中大部分是历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)。该项目可以促进阿拉巴马州在航空航天、计算机科学、化学工程、光子学和许多其他领域的研究项目。更广泛的影响将包括课程开发、基础设施改善和学生研究的新机会。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。

The proposal team would like to organize a workshop for current and potential investigators in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) disciplines who are based at Minority Serving institutions (MSIs) within the Southeastern US region. Demographic diversity in CISE fields generates more innovation and has a significant beneficial effect on the nation’s economy. MSIs have been historically less successful in competing for federal grants than non-MSI institutions leading to an under utilization of this important national resource and missed educational opportunities for minority students. The workshop will invite successful investigators to share their experiences and build new research partnerships with their aspiring younger colleagues. It is hoped that the project will improve the rates of proposal submission from the region’s MSIs resulting in more research in core CISE disciplines.The workshop is based on a successful model that matches the younger prospective investigators with more senior researchers who had been successful in competing for federal grants to form partnerships that would lead to submitting of new proposals to CISE related programs. This one and a half day meeting will be held on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) bringing together 10-15 senior mentors and twice that number of aspiring PIs from the MSIs within a 200 mile radius from the city of Huntsville, a geographical area covering four southeastern US states and 25 MSIs, most of which are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project could facilitate Alabama research programs in aerospace, computer science, chemical engineering, photonics, and numerous other fields. Broader impacts will include curriculum development, infrastructure improvement, and new opportunities for student research.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.