Eager germination collaborative research: leveraging a research development professional network to catalyze statewide innovative and societally relevant research
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 2409875
- Recipient
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New College Of Florida UEI M4ADM2P87AH9
- Awarding agency
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Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities
National Science Foundation
- Obligated
- $4,658
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 47.041 Engineering
- Completion date
- Originally
- Funding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Place of performance
- Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Abstract
- This project is funded through the NSF directorate for engineering germination program, which seeks to foster the development of pedagogical approaches to increase the ability of academic researchers to formulate research questions and ideas with potentially transformative outcomes. Major societal challenges can benefit from large, coordinated solutions that leverage interdisciplinary teams with collaborations from academia, government, industry, and other stakeholders. However, many college and university faculty have limited experience, tools, and support to successfully engage in diverse teams that extend beyond their department, much less their institution. The goal of this project is to create and sustain inter-institutional teams composed of junior and senior faculty members with diverse stem perspectives and methodologies focusing on pressing regional issues such as coastal challenges. This statewide research intervention project will be developed and supported by research development professionals embedded in higher education institutions across florida. Broader impacts will accrue from instantiation of interdisciplinary, inter-institutional research teams who develop research projects capable of successfully addressing societal challenges. Success in this project will provide a template for replication and scaling by states and other sizable networks focused on addressing intractable problems with team-based solutions that cross disciplinary boundaries. This project directly addresses gaps in researcher professional development, networking, and support by creating and guiding inter-institutional teams formed around important societal needs and informed by key community stakeholders. IT involves a two-stage research intervention that commences with a collaborative learning and ideation event and continues with supported team and project development. The facilitators of these activities will be research development (RD) staff from florida colleges and universities, under the guidance of a faculty expert in team science. These RD professionals are members of florda, a statewide network of research staff from a diverse set of 21 member institutions, including primarily undergraduate and minority-serving institutions. During this program, RD professionals will serve as the ?glue? To form and facilitate faculty teams, as connective boundary spanners with institutional knowledge as well as broader knowledge encompassing opportunities for strategic growth, existing community partnerships, and statewide policy and funding initiatives. These facilitators will nurture newly formed research teams into stable groups with aligned goals and defined member roles, leveraging activities designed to enhance knowledge integration and create a shared transdisciplinary framework. Success in this project may enhance understanding of how to implement team science approaches in geographically dispersed groups. IT will also be important for charting a path through which RD professionals can foster and support team science spanning multiple and diverse partner organizations. 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.- subawards are not planned for this award.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | -$2,801 | |
| Original award | $7,459 |
Quick answers
Who received award 2409875?
2409875 was awarded to New College Of Florida by Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (National Science Foundation) on October 1, 2023.
How much is award 2409875 worth?
$4,658 has been obligated on 2409875.
Which agency awarded 2409875?
Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (National Science Foundation) awarded 2409875, with funding from National Science Foundation.
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