Summer 2021 STEM Education Professional Skills Virtual Workshops

Between May 14 and June 30, the NSF HSI STEM Resource Hub will sponsor a series of 1 – 4 day (3-5 hour) workshops for HSI faculty and staff and their collaborators.

The workshops are crafted to enhance faculty skills in program evaluation and to develop disciplinary expertise needed to add content to STEM undergraduate courses in data science, scientific ethics, supercomputing, neuroscience, plant biology, and genetics.

Workshops are led by experts who work in diverse institutional settings and will include participation by other NSF programs such as the NSF Neuroscience Gateway and the NSF West Big Data Innovation Hub. The workshops are limited to 20 participants to allow attendees from across the nation to collaborate and network in a virtual workshop setting that encourages personal interactions.

Cost

Enrollment is free and is limited to 20 participants per workshop.It is hoped that the small workshop size will facilitate networking and promote collaboration across institutions by individuals who share common interests in research and education.

Eligibility

Participation priority is for current HSI faculty and staff who teach undergraduate STEM courses.

Non HSI faculty staff who teach undergraduate STEM courses are eligible to apply if they:

currently collaborate as PIs/co-PIs on a funded or pending NSF EHR/DUE grant that includes HSI faculty/staff as PI/co-PIs or
would like to network to find HSI partners for future collaborative projects in education or research.

Selection

Admission priority is for faculty within the first 10 years of their first academic tenure-track appointment and faculty who lead STEM student training grants. Early decision admissions are made on a rolling basis and adjusted for workshop start date. Applicants should be aware that the selection process strives for diverse geographical and institutional representation.

Application

See workshops below for apply by and early admission dates

This application is closed.

Contact

If you have any questions please email us.

Summer STEMED Workshops - Group Flyer - Updated 05132021

Workshop Descriptions

(individual workshop pages under development)

Program Evaluation for Grants:
Rachel Boren (NMSU)
Acquire insight about the most critical components of program evaluation that you need to know as you develop your grant applications. Take your knowledge up a notch by applying these components to your projects as we work through the topics and take the time to develop your own logic models, craft clear research objectives, and more!

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/boren-progeval/

05/14/21 (9 AM – 2 pm PDT) Early admission apply by date: April 30
06/03/21 (9 AM – 2 pm PDT) Repeat of May 14. Early admission apply by date: May 14

Including Ethics in Research Experiences and Science Courses:
Gillian Hue (Emory Center for Ethics)
This workshop will provide faculty with student-centered pedagogical approaches to incorporating ethics into science education.

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/hue-ethics/

05/27/21 (9 AM – 2 PM PDT) Early admission apply by date: May 14
06/18/21 (9 AM – 2 PM PDT) Repeat of May 27. Early admission apply by date: May 21

Neuroscience Gateway and Electroencephalography Data Analysis for the Classroom:
UCSD Team/Amit Mujamdar, Arnaud Delorme, Subhashini Sivagnanam, Kenneth Yoshimoto
This hands-on workshop will describe the Neuroscience Gateway (NSG) including the neuroscience modeling and data processing software it provides on supercomputing resources. The second part of the workshop will introduce electroencephalography (EEG) as an electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain and show how to collect and process EEG data using the EEGLAB software in undergraduate courses.

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/nsg-eeg/

06/02/21 (9 AM – 2 PM PDT) Early admission apply by date: May 14

Data Science Training and Collaboration:
Ariel Rokem (University of Washington) & eScience/West Big Data Innovation Hub Team.
An interactive workshop about tools methods and ideas for incorporating data science into instruction at all levels.

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/rokem-datasci/

6/7/2021 -06/10/2021 (4 day workshop/11 AM – 2 PM PDT) Early admission apply by date: May 14

Integrating Plant Model Systems into the Science Curriculum:
Adan Colon-Carmona (UMass Boston), Alejandra Huerta (NCState), Rubén Rellán-Álvarez (NCState)
This hands-on workshop will focus on modern genomics and genetic approaches to studying biological processes in plants. The workshop will draw on examples from Arabidopsis, rice and maize that can easily be incorporated into the classroom or for outreach activities.

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/integrating-plant-model-systems-into-curriculum/

6/24/2021-6/25/2021 (2 day workshop/ 9 AM – 1 PM PDT) Early admission apply by date: May 21

Designing competitive research questions for grant proposals:
Rupu Gupta, (Knology) & Jena Barchas (Knology).
Gain insight into what makes a good research question. Using tools such as a gap and SWOT analysis, we will develop the tools necessary to identify your grant’s core research topic and then hone a set of clear and grant-appropriate research questions.

More information here: https://hsistemhub.org/2021-summer-stemed-workshops/knology/

6/17/2021 (9 AM PST – 2PM PST) Early admission apply by date: May 21

The NSF HSI National STEM Resource Hub is tasked with providing professional skills training for Hispanic-serving institutions especially those with little or no prior NSF grant support. The workshops are supported by NSF Awards 1832338 (NMSU) and 1832345 (CSUN). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, NMSU, CSUN, or DACC.