NIH SciEd Conference

 描述（由申请人提供）：为了建立一支满足国家生物医学、行为和临床研究需求的劳动力队伍并使其多样化，NIH投资于在大学预科水平提供科学和健康相关教育活动的项目。这些项目的重点是来自服务不足社区的学前班至12年级的学生和教师。 一年一度的NIH SciEd会议汇集了参与这些以健康和医学为重点的P-12科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）项目的个人。该会议最初是科学教育合作奖（SEPA）计划的PI会议，自1991年以来每年举行一次。三年前（2012年），会议扩大到包括获奖者和工作人员从所有美国国立卫生研究院资助的P-12干项目。每年有200-250人参加会议，包括所有NIH资助的P-12 STEM项目的PI和Co-PI，项目工作人员和评估人员，参与项目的P-12教师，NIH工作人员以及参与P-12 STEM教育的其他联邦机构的代表，包括教育部，NASA，NOAA和NSF。据我们所知，年度NIH SciEd会议是唯一一个由联邦政府资助的P-12 STEM项目，积极包括所有关键的STEM机构项目。因此，它在机构间沟通和在不同机构资助的项目之间建立协同互动方面发挥着重要作用。 每个为期2.5天的NIH SciEd会议的目标是为与会者提供一个学习，分享，对话和网络的论坛。这是通过全体会议、分组会议和海报会议以及建立联系的机会来实现的。会议的成果包括更高质量的项目和项目评估，减少项目“重新发明轮子”的发生率，以及NIH资助的项目之间的合作发展，以及与其他联邦STEM机构资助的P-12项目和计划的协同互动。NIH SciEd会议的具体目标是：具体目标1：提供与NIH获奖者相关的P-12 STEM教育趋势，问题和挑战的最新信息。具体目标2：告知和教育NIH P-12 STEM社区严格的评估模型和工具。具体目标3：为获奖者提供分享信息、最佳实践和挑战的机会;为新的SEPA项目提供指导;并支持合作的形成。 会议将在华盛顿地区举行。它由NIH SciEd PI和关键人员的组织委员会计划，每年都会改变。每次会议的装订报告提供了所有会议的概要，并分发给与会者，联邦P-12 STEM工作人员和NIH高级官员。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):To build and diversify a workforce that meets the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs, the NIH invests in projects that provide science and health-related educational activities at the precollege level. These projects focus on students and teachers at the pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12) level who come from underserved communities. The annual NIH SciEd Conference brings together individuals involved in these health and medicine- focused P-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) projects. This conference, which originally was the PI meeting for the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program, has been held annually since 1991. Three years ago (in 2012) the conference expanded to include awardees and staff from all NIH- funded P-12 STEM programs. Each year 200-250 individuals participate in the conference, including PIs and Co-PIs from all NIH-funded P-12 STEM projects, project staff and evaluators, P-12 teachers who participate in projects, NIH staff, and representatives of other federal agencies involved in P-12 STEM education, including the Department of Education, NASA, NOAA and NSF. To the best of our knowledge, the annual NIH SciEd Conference is the only federally-funded P-12 STEM program that actively includes all of the key STEM agency programs. It thus plays an important role in interagency communication and building synergistic interactions among projects funded by different agencies. The goal of each 2.5-day NIH SciEd conference is to provide a forum for learning, sharing, dialogue, and networking among conference participants. This is accomplished via plenary, breakout and poster sessions, and networking opportunities. The outcomes of the conferences include higher quality projects and project evaluations, a reduced incidence of projects "reinventing the wheel," and the development of collaborations between NIH-funded projects as well as synergistic interactions with P-12 projects and programs funded by the other federal STEM agencies. Specific Aims for the NIH SciEd Conference are: SPECIFIC AIM 1: Provide updates on trends, issues and challenges in P-12 STEM education that are relevant to NIH awardees. SPECIFIC AIM 2: Inform and educate the NIH P-12 STEM community about rigorous evaluation models and instruments. SPECIFIC AIM 3: Provide opportunities for awardees to share information, best practices and challenges; provide mentoring for new SEPA projects; and support the formation of collaborations. The conference will be held in the Washington, DC area. It is planned by an Organizing Committee of NIH SciEd PIs and Key Personnel, which changes each year. A bound report for each conference provides a synopsis of all sessions and is disseminated to participants, federal P-12 STEM staff and senior NIH officials.