Collaborative Research: RD/RA Support Networks at Diversified Research Institutions (SUNDRI)

合作研究：多元化研究机构的 RD/RA 支持网络 (SUNDRI)

• 批准号: 2334228
• 负责人: Dean Gerstein
• 金额: $ 170.46万
• 依托单位: Pomona College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2334228&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; RD; RA; Support

Principal investigators at diverse research institutions, which includes emerging and primarily undergraduate institutions, often face challenges in seeking external funding, producing competitive research proposals, and managing awards. The project’s aim is to sharpen understanding of the unique aspects of currently less research-intensive institutions and how funding agencies and intermediaries can best support them to flourish and grow their research contributions. Current knowledge is based on relatively small numbers of case studies and anecdotes; more systematic data are needed. This project will survey research development and administration staff at a national random sample of roughly one in four not-for-profit four-year colleges and universities and use the results to develop strengths-based and deficit-based modeling of needs, capacities, and opportunities for growth, providing clear and concrete expression of their perspectives, challenges, and requirements. The resulting findings, conclusions, and baseline data for further studies will provide valuable new knowledge and enhance national networks of expertise, communication, and service to diverse research institutions. An institutionally distributed set of research development/research administration (RD/RA)-knowledgeable investigators and expert advisors in higher education capacity-building will collaborate to build a comprehensive picture of how RD/RA functions are distributed and performed at four-year colleges and universities. The PI/coPIs and technical staff will first develop and refine a survey instrument based on prior surveys and a series of site visits, advisory consultations, and focus groups, testing and piloting measures to determine how and how well RD/RA activity is currently conducted and assessing needs and resources for enhancement. The project will seed the survey instrument and associated analytic files with data harvested from IES and NCSES institutional censuses such as IPEDS and HERD. An eight-stratum random sample of baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral institutions will be drawn from the IPEDS universe, with oversamples of selected subsets such as HBCUs, with a target completion rate of 70%+ and target N=500+. Measures will assess variations in depth, resource levels, and interpenetration of distinctive RD and RA functions, strengths and weaknesses of the RD effort; and perceived needs and priorities for internal and networked support to enhance RD/RA quality and capacity. Statistical analyses will probe unique and common aspects of the research support enterprise and results will be broadly disseminated.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.

包括新兴和初级本科机构在内的潜水员研究机构的主要研究人员经常在寻求外部资金，生产竞争性研究建议和管理奖项方面面临挑战。该项目的目的是增强对目前研究密集型机构的独特方面的了解，以及资金机构和中介机构如何最好地支持他们以荧光和发展他们的研究贡献。当前的知识基于少量的案例研究和轶事。需要更多的系统数据。该项目将调查大约四分之一的非营利性四年制学院的全国随机样本研究开发和管理人员，并利用结果来开发基于优势和基于优势的需求建模，能力和增长机会，从而清楚地表达其观点，挑战和需求。由此产生的发现，结论和基准数据，用于进一步研究，将为潜水员研究机构提供有价值的新知识，并增强国家专业知识，沟通和服务的网络。一组机构分布的研究开发/研究管理局（RD/RA） - 高等教育能力建设的知名研究人员和专家顾问将合作，以全面了解RD/RA功能如何在四年制的大学和大学中分发和执行。 PI/COPIS和技术人员将首先根据先前的调查以及一系列现场访问，咨询咨询以及焦点小组，测试和试点措施来确定目前正在进行RD/RA活动如何以及评估增强的需求和资源，并确定如何以及如何评估RD/RA活动。该项目将看到调查工具和关联的分析文件与IES和NCSES机构普查（例如IPEDS和HER​​D）收获的数据。学士学位，硕士和博士机构的八层随机样本将从IPEDS Universe中汲取，诸如HBCUS（例如HBCUS）的示例示例，目标完成率为70％+，目标n = 500+。措施将评估RD努力的独特RD和RA功能，优势和劣势的深度，资源水平和互穿的变化；以及内部和网络支持的感知需求和优先级，以提高RD/RA质量和容量。统计分析将探究研究支持企业的独特和共同方面，并将大致传播结果。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估的。