Conference: LEAPS-MPS PI Workshop

该奖项将支持2024年1月在2022年和2023年财政年度举办的首席研究员研讨会，启动数学和物理科学(LEAPS-MPS)获奖者的职业早期学术途径。为期两天的研讨会将在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市老城区的威斯汀亚历山大举行，位于弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市国家科学基金会(NSF)总部附近。研讨会的主要目标有两个：(1)向获得LEAP奖的个人投资者提供有关国家科学基金会政策、程序和资助机会的宝贵信息和建议，以及(2)为LEAP个人投资者之间的未来合作提供一个网络平台。研讨会计划由几个主要部分组成，如：NSF计划主任和特邀演讲者的信息演示，海报会议，以及与计划主任的个人会议。不同会议和演讲的主题包括(1)关于国会议员和国家科学基金各种筹资机会的信息；(2)关于准备竞争性提案的讨论；(3)了解国家科学基金的审查过程；(4)更广泛的影响；(5)和分区分组会议。提供了与NSF人员会面的充分机会。研讨会后调查的计划被包括在内，以评估研讨会的组织并为未来研讨会的改进计划提供信息。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 award will support a Principal Investigator workshop in January, 2024 for the Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) awardees. The two-day workshop will be held at the Westin Alexandria, Old Town in Alexandria, VA, in the vicinity of the National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters in Alexandria, VA. The main goals of the workshop are two-fold: (1) to provide PIs who have received their LEAPS award with valuable information and advice on the policies, procedures, and funding opportunities available at NSF, and (2) to provide a platform for networking among the LEAPS PIs for future collaborations.The workshop program is composed of several main parts such as: informational presentations by NSF Program Directors and invited speakers, a poster session, and individual meetings with Program Directors. The topics of various sessions and presentations include (1) information on various funding opportunities in MPS and across NSF; (2) discussions on preparing competitive proposals (3) understanding the NSF review process; (4) Broader Impacts; (5) and Divisional breakout sessions. Ample opportunity to meet with NSF personnel is provided. Plans for a post-workshop survey are included to evaluate the workshop organization and to inform plans for future workshop improvements.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.