Workshop to Develop a Framework for Community-Engaged Environmental Engineering Research

制定社区参与环境工程研究框架的研讨会

• 批准号: 2002824
• 负责人: Debbie Niemeier
• 金额: $ 4.58万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-11-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2002824&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Develop; Framework; Community; Engaged

The number of grant proposals including some sort of community engagement in engineering research has vastly accelerated in the past decade. Despite this great interest in "citizen science", there are currently no guidelines for effective coordination of community-engaged engineering research. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts in engineering, community relations, and ethics to define a framework for community engagement in engineering research. Workshop participants will examine the recent history and practice of engagement in communities by engineering researchers with a focus on effective and ethical research collaboration. The outcome of this workshop will be a new framework for the practice of community-engaged research. Through these efforts, the workshop contributes to the advancement of STEM research in service of the American public. To maximize policy impact, the workshop will be held in Washington, DC. Staff from Federal STEM agencies and professional societies will be invited to attend.Community-engaged research creates opportunities for the public to be directly involved with forming research questions, participating in research activities of relevance to the community, and acquiring subject-matter technical expertise. However, without standards of practice, community-engaged research poses risks to both engineering researchers and, even more importantly, the communities they engage. The purpose of this workshop is to remedy this situation by defining a working framework for community engagement in engineering research. The workshop will include experts in engineering, community relations, and ethics, as well as representatives from Federal STEM agencies and engineering professional societies to maximize outreach and impact to stakeholders. This workshop will draw on the critical lessons learned from research involving human subjects to adapt to the different situations of community-engaged research. Workshop participants will examine the recent history and practice of engagement in communities by engineering researchers with the purpose of producing a new framework of engagement. This as a critical step in developing a better understanding of the protections community members and researchers need when participating in community-engaged research. The development of this framework will facilitate effective collaboration to produce scientifically defensible results and advance STEM research impact through engaged communities. As such, it will improve the scientific literacy of the Nation and increase public understanding of engineering science.public understanding of engineering science.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.

在过去的十年中，包括某种社区参与工程研究在内的拨款提案的数量大大增加。尽管人们对“公民科学”抱有极大的兴趣，但目前还没有有效协调社区参与的工程研究的指导方针。本次研讨会的目的是汇集工程、社区关系和伦理方面的专家，共同定义社区参与工程研究的框架。研讨会参与者将研究工程研究人员参与社区的最新历史和实践，重点是有效和道德的研究合作。本次研讨会的成果将是社区参与研究实践的新框架。通过这些努力，研讨会有助于推动 STEM 研究的进步，为美国公众服务。为了最大限度地发挥政策影响，研讨会将在华盛顿特区举行。来自联邦 STEM 机构和专业协会的工作人员将受邀参加。社区参与研究为公众直接参与形成研究问题、参与与社区相关的研究活动以及获取主题技术专业知识创造了机会。然而，如果没有实践标准，社区参与的研究会给工程研究人员带来风险，更重要的是，会给他们参与的社区带来风险。本次研讨会的目的是通过定义社区参与工程研究的工作框架来纠正这种情况。该研讨会将包括工程、社区关系和道德方面的专家，以及来自联邦 STEM 机构和工程专业协会的代表，以最大限度地扩大对利益相关者的影响和影响。本研讨会将借鉴涉及人类受试者的研究中吸取的重要经验教训，以适应社区参与研究的不同情况。研讨会参与者将研究工程研究人员参与社区的最新历史和实践，目的是建立一个新的参与框架。这是更好地了解社区成员和研究人员在参与社区参与研究时所需的保护的关键一步。该框架的开发将促进有效的合作，以产生具有科学依据的成果，并通过参与的社区提升 STEM 研究的影响力。因此，它将提高国家的科学素养，并增加公众对工程科学的理解。公众对工程科学的理解。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，认为值得支持标准。