Conference: NSF GRANTED: A workshop series to establish the Middle-Tennessee Research Administration and Innovation Network (M-TRAIN)

会议： NSF 授予：建立中田纳西州研究管理和创新网络 (M-TRAIN) 的研讨会系列

• 批准号: 2324459
• 负责人: Joanne Spitz
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2324459&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; NSF; GRANTED; workshop; series

This project will be implemented as a series of conferences to bring together research-performing institutions in Middle Tennessee (TN) to collaboratively address the best ways to enhance the research enterprise of the region, which is home to emerging research institutions, including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rural-serving institutions, public and private entities, and faith-based institutions. National investment in research in this region cannot reach its full potential without strategically planned growth of the workforce and resources that support the research ecosystem. Although emerging research institutions in Middle TN have demonstrated research excellence, there remain further opportunities to enhance their ability to submit proposals for research funding, proactively collaborate with neighboring institutions for large multi-institutional opportunities, or develop important partnerships with corporate and government organizations. The sheer diversity of the research-performing institutions in the area underscores a need for intensive communication, intentional inclusion, and careful deliberations that will result in the creation of enduring partnerships. To meet this need, the project team will create the Middle TN Research Administration and Innovation Network (M-TRAIN), a network whose diverse composition promises to be a national model for research enterprise collaboration. The planned convenings will catalyze growth in the regional research enterprise by connecting disparate research performers while addressing the unique needs and strengths of the individual institutions. As federal research opportunities requiring institutional, and often regional, collaborations are becoming more common, such a model is critical to ensure national competitiveness in science and engineering research participation.The Core Partners of M-TRAIN reflect the institutional diversity of Middle TN, including Vanderbilt University (research-intensive private Institution), Tennessee State University (public HBCU), and Fisk University (private HBCU). Middle TN is home to 35 colleges and universities, with a mix of public and private organizations, including five rural-serving institutions and four HBCUs. This institutional diversity will inform M-TRAIN conference discussions to identify the strengths and needs of the research development infrastructure at regional institutions, further building trust and relationships, and determining best practices for synergistic and collaborative approaches as participants pursue opportunities for scientific and economic innovation. Workshop topics will include broadly: research development, research administration, research compliance, and research translation. Objectives are to build and expand research administration infrastructure across the region and enhance inter-institutional cohesiveness and collective readiness to respond to the increasing number of funding opportunities seeking a regional response.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.

该项目将通过一系列会议来实施，将田纳西州中部 (TN) 的研究机构聚集在一起，共同探讨增强该地区研究事业的最佳方法，该地区是新兴研究机构的所在地，包括历史悠久的黑人大学和大学 (HBCU)、农村服务机构、公共和私营实体以及宗教机构。如果没有战略规划的劳动力和支持研究生态系统的资源的增长，国家对该地区研究的投资就无法充分发挥潜力。尽管田纳西州中部的新兴研究机构已经表现出卓越的研究能力，但仍然有进一步的机会来提高其提交研究经费提案的能力，积极与邻近机构合作以获得大型多机构机会，或与企业和政府组织建立重要的合作伙伴关系。该领域研究机构的多样性凸显了加强沟通、有意包容和认真审议的必要性，从而建立持久的伙伴关系。为了满足这一需求，项目团队将创建田纳西州中部研究管理和创新网络（M-TRAIN），该网络的多元化组成有望成为全国研究企业合作的典范。计划中的会议将通过连接不同的研究人员，同时满足各个机构的独特需求和优势，促进区域研究企业的发展。随着需要机构合作（通常是区域合作）的联邦研究机会变得越来越普遍，这种模式对于确保国家在科学和工程研究参与方面的竞争力至关重要。M-TRAIN 的核心合作伙伴反映了田纳西州中部的机构多样性，包括范德比尔特大学大学（研究密集型私立机构）、田纳西州立大学（公立 HBCU）和菲斯克大学（私立 HBCU）。田纳西州中部拥有 35 所学院和大学，其中包括公立和私立组织，其中包括 5 所农村服务机构和 4 所 HBCU。这种机构多样性将为 M-TRAIN 会议讨论提供信息，以确定区域机构研究开发基础设施的优势和需求，进一步建立信任和关系，并在参与者寻求科学和经济创新机会时确定协同和协作方法的最佳实践。研讨会主题广泛包括：研究开发、研究管理、研究合规性和研究翻译。目标是在整个地区建立和扩大研究管理基础设施，增强机构间的凝聚力和集体准备，以应对越来越多的寻求区域响应的资助机会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。