Build and Broaden: Bridging Critical Research Collaborations for Faculty Success in Texas MSIs

建立和拓展：为德克萨斯州 MSI 教师的成功搭建关键研究合作桥梁

• 批准号: 2036909
• 负责人: Colleen Fitzgerald
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 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: 2020-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2036909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Build; Broaden; Bridging; Critical; Research

The state of Texas has more minority-serving institutions (MSI) than any state other than California. The state's pressing priorities mimic many at the national level, such as a need for greater inclusion at all levels of the scientific enterprise. While the National Science Foundation (NSF) has identified many effective strategies to demystify the grants process, funding rates at MSIs still lag behind other institutions with fewer students of color, including in the social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences. In turn, this means MSI students have fewer opportunities to participate in research or to acquire cutting edge scientific techniques, the kinds of experiences that increase options for career paths and advanced education. This grant funds three mini-conferences for MSI faculty in Texas, with a focus on participation by faculty of color, women faculty, and mid-career faculty. The mini-conferences will feature presentations by former NSF staff and other faculty who bring expertise in navigating different career pathways, including at MSIs. Through the events, faculty at MSIs will learn more about NSF grant proposals and research collaborations and will have access to on-site mentorship and collaboration opportunities. The conference organizers also plan to collect survey data on the career pathways of participating faculty in the SBE sciences at these institutions, with an eye towards better understanding how to support research capacity, especially for collaborations. As a result, a larger pool of faculty at MSIs will share an understanding of NSF proposals and fellow SBE researchers in the region. Increased attention to SBE research and funding in the state of Texas will advance fundamental knowledge in the SBE disciplines, highlighting the value of SBE research in a state which receives roughly 90% of its funding in the non-SBE disciplines, according to figures from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.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.

德克萨斯州的少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 比加利福尼亚州以外的任何州都多。该州的紧迫优先事项与国家层面的许多优先事项相似，例如需要在科学事业的各个层面加大包容性。尽管美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 已经确定了许多有效的策略来揭开资助流程的神秘面纱，但 MSI 的资助率仍然落后于其他有色人种学生较少的机构，包括社会、行为和经济 (SBE) 科学领域。反过来，这意味着 MSI 学生参与研究或获得尖端科学技术的机会更少，而这些经验可以增加职业道路和高等教育的选择。这笔赠款资助了德克萨斯州 MSI 教职人员的三场小型会议，重点是有色人种教职人员、女性教职人员和职业生涯中期教职人员的参与。小型会议将由前 NSF 工作人员和其他教员进行演讲，他们带来了不同职业道路（包括 MSI）方面的专业知识。通过这些活动，MSI 的教师将更多地了解 NSF 拨款提案和研究合作，并将获得现场指导和合作机会。会议组织者还计划收集这些机构参与 SBE 科学的教师职业道路的调查数据，着眼于更好地了解如何支持研究能力，特别是合作。因此，MSI 的更多教师将与该地区的 SBE 研究人员分享对 NSF 提案的理解。根据德克萨斯州的数据，德克萨斯州对 SBE 研究和资助的更多关注将促进 SBE 学科的基础知识的发展，突显该州 SBE 研究的价值，该州大约 90% 的资金来自非 SBE 学科。德克萨斯州高等教育协调委员会。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标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。