ECR Hub: Advancing the Long-Term Potential of Fundamental Research

ECR 中心：提升基础研究的长期潜力

• 批准号: 2208422
• 负责人: David Miller
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2027-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2208422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ECR; Hub; Advancing; Long; Term

As a 5-year resource center, the EHR Core Research – Resource Coordination Hub (ECR Hub) is designed to advance the ways in which NSF’s ECR Core (ECR) and ECR Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR:BCSER) programs can better use and support fundamental research on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. ECR-funded research has the potential to address pressing national problems by developing foundational knowledge that can guide and inform the broader set of federal STEM education investments. To help realize that long-term potential, the ECR Hub has two central goals: (a) extend the influence and reach of existing ECR investments (e.g., existing research results, existing ECR methods training institutes) and (b) provide ECR career development opportunities to current and potential grantees. The ECR Hub will conduct outreach to researcher communities and institutions currently underrepresented in the ECR portfolio.The ECR Hub will target three core, immediate audiences: current ECR grantees, prospective ECR grantees, and stakeholders in other NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR) programs reached via coordinating with other EHR resource hubs. The ECR Hub will engage, support, and build connections among and across these audiences through a coordinated set of six key project activities: (1) identifying the needs of a diverse ECR grantee community, (2) cataloging and synthesizing past and current ECR research, (3) building research networks and information sharing for current grantees, (4) conducting outreach and broadening participation of prospective grantees, (5) consolidating and disseminating resources from ECR methods training institutes, and (6) building cross-hub collaborations to advance long-term ECR program goals. The American Institutes for Research is the lead institution for the ECR Hub, working in close partnership with scholars from Morgan State University, Northwestern University, and Georgia State University. Partner to Improve will serve as the external evaluator, and an institutionally diverse and multidisciplinary advisory board will help guide the ECR Hub goals and activities.This project is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. The program supports the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to understand, build theory to explain, and suggest intervention and innovations to address persistent challenges in education.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.

作为一个为期 5 年的资源中心，EHR 核心研究 - 资源协调中心 (ECR Hub) 旨在推动 NSF 的 ECR 核心 (ECR) 和 ECR STEM 教育研究能力建设 (ECR:BCSER) 计划更好地开展工作使用和支持有关 STEM 学习和学习环境的基础研究、扩大 STEM 的参与以及 ECR 资助的 STEM 劳动力发展研究有可能通过发展可指导和指导的基础知识来解决紧迫的国家问题。为更广泛的联邦 STEM 教育投资提供信息。为了帮助实现长期潜力，ECR 中心有两个中心目标：(a) 扩大现有 ECR 投资的影响力和范围（例如现有研究成果、现有 ECR 方法培训）。 (b) 为当前和潜在的受资助者提供 ECR 职业发展机会。ECR 中心将向目前在 ECR 投资组合中代表性不足的研究人员社区和机构进行推广。ECR 中心将针对三个核心的直接受众：当前的 ECR 受资助者、通过与其他 EHR 资源中心协调，潜在的 ECR 受资助者以及其他 NSF 教育和人力资源 (EHR) 项目的利益相关者将通过一组协调一致的六个关键项目来参与、支持这些受众并在这些受众之间建立联系。活动：(1) 确定多元化 ECR 受资助者群体的需求，(2) 编目和综合过去和当前的 ECR 研究，(3) 为当前受资助者建立研究网络和信息共享，(4) 开展外展活动并扩大潜在受资助者的参与受资助者，(5) 整合和传播 ECR 方法培训机构的资源，以及 (6) 建立跨中心合作，以推进长期 ECR 项目目标。美国研究院是 ECR 中心的牵头机构，双方密切合作。与摩根州立大学、西北大学和佐治亚州立大学的学者合作将担任外部评估者，机构多元化和多学科的顾问委员会将帮助指导 ECR 中心的目标和活动。该项目得到了以下机构的支持： NSF 的 EHR 核心研究 (ECR) 计划强调基础 STEM 教育研究，在重要、广泛和持久的关键领域进行投资：STEM 学习和 STEM 学习环境，扩大 STEM 的参与。该计划支持积累强有力的证据，为理解、建立解释理论以及提出干预和创新建议以解决教育领域持续存在的挑战提供信息。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，被认为是值得的。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来获得支持。