QEM Outreach Forum on Building Research and Education Capacity in Engineering at Minority-serving Institutions

关于在少数族裔服务机构中建设工程研究和教育能力的 QEM 外展论坛

• 批准号: 2032781
• 负责人: Mercy Mugo
• 金额: $ 19.73万
• 依托单位: QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2032781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: QEM; Outreach; Forum; Building; Research

Public AbstractThe Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network will conduct a series of capacity building workshops to help Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs) successfully compete for research funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate. As engineering education continues to become more influential for US national prosperity, ensuring that students from MSIs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions) are adequately prepared to compete in this landscape is imperative. MSIs play a vital role in developing the future STEM workforce in the United States. The United States is becoming more racially diverse and will be comprised of a majority people of color by 2044. Simultaneously, jobs in the United States are becoming more technical and will require education, training and skills that are currently not being offered at scale, especially to underrepresented minorities. With the current racial gaps in the attainment of engineering degrees, coupled with the demographic changes in the United States, if existing gaps remain, future jobs could remain unfilled, leading to a loss of global competitiveness for the United States. The nation’s more than 700 MSIs enroll almost 5 million students, nearly 30 percent of the nation’s undergraduates and produce one-fifth of the nation’s STEM bachelor’s degrees. These capacity building initiatives will enable MSIs to be more competitive for awards in the NSF’s Engineering directorate, and thereby allow MSIs the opportunity to build a critical infrastructure and create more sophisticated programs that will help facilitate the next generation of diverse leaders in engineering research and education.QEM will conduct two workshops (virtual and live sessions) to assist 150 engineering faculty and administrators (deans/chairs) in preparing proposals specifically for the NSF’s Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) and other divisions within the Directorate for Engineering (ENG). Workshop participants will be recruited from MSIs with programs in engineering, engineering education, 3+2, and 2+2 dual degree pathways. The overall purpose of the project is to broaden the number of MSIs funded in EEC and other engineering programs and to build collaborations among engineering researchers at MSIs. The conceptual framework for this project is rooted in institutional theory, which can clarify how MSIs address limited financial resources against their mission to serve underrepresented students. The project’s goals are to: increase institutional awareness of EEC and other ENG divisions’ competitive funding resources to build engineering capacity at MSIs; (2) broaden participation of faculty at MSIs in engineering research; and (3) promote collaborative efforts at MSIs. In keeping with these goals, the specific objectives of the project are to: (1) Plan and conduct an initial two-day Virtual Information Sharing and Funding Opportunities Forum for 100 MSI faculty to increase their awareness of EEC and other engineering divisions’ funding opportunities and advance the understanding of MSIs on how to effectively develop institutional administrative support to compete for funding opportunities at the university and/or cross-campus levels; (2) Conduct a two-day Live Proposal Development Workshop for 50 MSI engineering Faculty interested in submitting proposals to EEC and other engineering divisions; (3) Provide additional guidance to participants through post-workshop, consultant-led, individualized technical assistance sessions to encourage their submission of engineering-focused proposals; and (4) Develop the Engineering Educators Minority Innovation Network, a broadening participation network of MSIs to facilitate mentoring, networking and collaboration efforts among and between engineering faculty at MSIs as well as with current EEC PIs and Program Directors.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.

公共摘要少数民族（QEM）网络的质量教育将举办一系列能力建设研讨会，以帮助少数民族服务机构（MSIS）成功竞争国家科学基金会（NSF）工程局的研究资金。随着工程教育对美国国家繁荣的影响力更大，确保来自MSIS的学生（历史上的黑人学院和大学，西班牙裔服务机构以及亚裔美国人和美国太平洋岛民服务机构）已充分准备在这种景观中竞争。 MSI在发展美国未来的STEM劳动力方面起着至关重要的作用。美国正在变得越来越大，并将在2044年之前完成大多数有色人种。同时，美国的工作变得越来越技术性，需要当前尚未大规模提供的教育，培训和技能，尤其是对代表性不足的少数群体。随着目前在获得工程学位的种族差距，再加上美国的人口变化，如果存在现有差距，未来的就业机会可能会保持不足，从而导致美国全球竞争力的丧失。该国的700多名MSIS招收了近500万名学生，占该国本科生的近30％，并占该国STEM学士学位的五分之一。这些能力建设的举措将使MSI能够在NSF工程局的奖项中更具竞争力，从而使MSIS有机会建立关键的基础架构并创建更复杂的计划，并有助于支持下一代的工程研究和教育领域的潜水员领导者。 NSF的工程教育和中心（EEC）和工程局（ENG）内的其他部门（ENG）（ENG）。研讨会的参与者将从MSI招募，其中包括工程学，工程教育，3+2和2+2个双度途径的计划。该项目的总体目的是扩大EEC和其他工程计划中资助的MSI数量，并在MSIS的工程研究人员中建立合作。该项目的概念框架植根于机构理论，该理论可以阐明MSI如何解决有限的财务资源，以应对其为代表性不足的学生提供服务的使命。该项目的目标是：提高对EEC和其他Eng Division的竞争资金资源的机构意识，以在MSIS建立工程能力； （2）扩大教师在MSIS中的参与； （3）促进MSIS的合作努力。为了符合这些目标，该项目的具体目标是：（1）为100个MSI教师计划并进行最初为期两天的虚拟信息共享和资金机会论坛，以提高他们对EEC和其他工程部门的资助机会的认识，并提高MSIS的理解，并了解MSIS的理解，以了解如何有效地开发机构的资助，以竞争机构的资助，以竞争大学和交叉/或交叉//或交叉//或交叉级别的资金级别； （2）为50个有兴趣向EEC和其他工程部门提出建议的MSI工程学院进行为期两天的实时提案开发研讨会； （3）通过工作后，顾问主导的个性化技术援助会议为参与者提供其他指导，以鼓励他们提交以工程为重点的建议； （4）开发工程教育者少数群体创新网络，这是MSI的扩展参与网络，以促进MSIS工程教师之间以及与当前的EEC PIS和Program Directors之间以及与当前的EEC PIS和计划主管之间的心理，网络和协作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的智力效果和宽阔的评估来评估支持，并以评估为CRACRIT和BROCRIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT和BRADIT IFFACTICAICHIAS。