Programs to Expand the Skilled, Technical Transportation Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop (2025)
Chapter: Appendix E: National Science Foundation Sub-Workshop Activity
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"Appendix E: National Science Foundation Sub-Workshop Activity." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Programs to Expand the Skilled, Technical Transportation Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28770.
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National Science Foundation Sub-Workshop Activity
Group Formation and Instructions (5 minutes)
- Introduction of group facilitators
- Check handout for group lists
- Meet in group rooms
- Have principal investigator and partner assessments ready to share
- Identify at least one notetaker
Placing the Needs at the Hub (10 minutes)
- Principal investigators: briefly introduce themselves and share their assessments
- Partners: listen and note areas of overlap with possible support
- Partners: acknowledge needs heard and ask for clarification or elaboration, if needed
- Notetakers: summarize list of needs
Wraparound Support (20 minutes)
- Partners: briefly introduce themselves and share their assessments
- Principal investigators: listen and note areas of overlap with possible needs
- Principal investigators: acknowledge possible support heard and ask for clarification or elaboration, if needed
- Notetakers: summarize list of needs and support
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doi: 10.17226/28770.
Identifying and Addressing Gaps (5 minutes)
- Each group member acknowledges possible gaps between needs and support (list)
- Popcorn ideas about possible ways that funding from the National Science Foundation or other agencies could help address them, if known (list)
- Notetakers: summarize list of gaps and possible solutions
The Idea: Elevator Pitch (15 minutes)
- Working together, develop an elevator pitch to a National Science Foundation Program Officer (for example):
- We, Principal Investigators from ______________________,
- with support from the following partners ______________
___________________________________________________, - to provide _________________________________________,
- would be able to address the following needs ___________.
- NSF’s B2 (and/or other) program would also help to address the following remaining gaps: ________________________.
- Designate team member to pitch idea.
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"Appendix E: National Science Foundation Sub-Workshop Activity." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Programs to Expand the Skilled, Technical Transportation Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28770.
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"Appendix E: National Science Foundation Sub-Workshop Activity." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Programs to Expand the Skilled, Technical Transportation Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28770.
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