Linda B. Hayden, PhD Professor, Emerita & Director Elizabeth City State University

1. Building a Model of Research Collaboration Between Historically Black and Historically White Universities Linda B. Hayden, PhD Professor, Emerita & Director Elizabeth City State University Julie E. Williams, PhD Senior Vice Provost University of New Hampshire

2. Presentation Overview • Who are You: Partnering with Minority/Majority Institution • Attempted/With Success; Attempted/Not Successful • Have Not Attempted; Would Like To Attempt • Your motivation: Increase external funding? • Elizabeth City State University (North Carolina) • The University of New Hampshire

3. Presentation Overview • Principles of Partnership • Why Did We Partner? • What Did We Do and How Did We Do It? • Next Steps – New Institutions • ECSU partnerships with CReSIS and SGCI • UNH partnership with Howard University

5. ECSU - Institutional Context • 3260 Students; 160 Faculty • 78% African American Students • Primarily Teaching Focused; Enrollment declined • Strengths in Remote Sensing; Biotechnology; Aviation

6. Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Research Training—Year Round • Promote the Professional Development of Minority Students Through Their Participation in Research • Each Undergraduate is Assigned to a Specific Research Team, Where He/She Works Closely With Faculty Mentor(s)

7. ECSU Center for Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research Develop an innovative and relevant research collaboration focused on coastal,cyberInfrastruture, and polar research. Center Receives Support From: Office of Naval Research National Security Agency NASA National Science Foundation

9. UNH - Institutional Context Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant University Carnegie Research 1 (Very High) Research Funding: $100 million/year Primary Sources: NOAA, NSF, NASA Approx. 1000 Faculty and 16,000 Students 92% White; 1% African American; 4% Latino; International 28 Doctoral and 83 Masters Programs 60 PhDs Awarded in 2018

10. UNH - Institutional Context • The Joan and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education • Primary Center Focused on STEM Educational Research • K – 20 partners • HBCU Partners • Home for Partnership with Elizabeth City State University

11. UNH - Institutional Context • Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space • Largest Research Institute • $30 Million Annually; Scholarships ECSU students • Undergraduate Research Conference • (http://www.unh.edu/urc ) • 10 days, 25 venues; 1800 students; 300 faculty • 20 th Year; Among the Largest URC’s in the Nation • ECSU Students began Presenting in 2006 • Published Papers: Impact on Faculty and Students

12. Why Did We Partner? “The Next Generation”

13. Why Did UNH and ECSU Partner? Consistent with the UNH Academic Strategic Plan and Leitzel Center Strategic Plan Consistent with ECSU Research and Educational Goals Consistent with Federal Agency Imperatives Responsive to Urgent National Imperatives Consistent with Changing Demographics

14. Why Did We Partner? Coastal Locations

15. Collaborative Proposals (2004-09) • DHS Emergency Preparedness $25,000,000 • NOAA Environmental Literacy $500,000 • NSF STEM Talent Expansion Program $1,000,000 • NSF Alliance for Grad Ed and the Prof. $650,000 • NASA Remote Sensing Explorers $583,000 • NSF Nat’l Center Hydrological Synthesis $183,000 • NSF Geo-Diversity $85,000 • NSF Geo-Teach $3,000,000 • NSF PIRE (Submitted Sept 18) $5,000,000

16. Principles of Partnership: Step 1 Understand Your Institutional Priorities Identify 2-3 promising areas on the priority list Identify a few key faculty champions Identify an engaged leader

17. Principles of Partnership: STEP 2 Assuming You Have Completed STEP 1 Agree on Vision So Strategic Goals are Clear Share Responsibility and Authority So Each Institution Is Responsible for Success Share Financial Resources Based on Specific Work Undertaken Persistence is Key

18. Promising Practices Institutional Commitment & Faculty Engagement Mutual Respect, Mutual Benefit Identify an Engaged Leader Engage Critical Change Agents Initiate Difficult Dialogues Prepare for Growth and Evolution Building a Model of Collaboration Between Historically Black and Historically White UniversitiesJournalof Higher Education Outreach and EngagementVolume 15(2), June 2011 - Research Articles

19. Building a Model of CollaborationActivities and Timeline • Fall 2002Two Research Collaborators Meetings with Five Historically Black Universities at UNH • Winter 2003Joint NASA MUSPIN Cyber Conference;Ongoing Meetings With NASA personnel • Winter 2004First Visit by UNH Faculty to ECSU

20. Building a Model of CollaborationActivities and Timeline • Winter 2004Submission of NSF STEP1 Proposal; Ongoing conversations between UNH and ECSU • Summer 2004Submission of NSF AGEP; Ongoing conversations • Fall 2004Submission of three proposals: NSF, NASA Remote Sensing Explorers & NOAA Proposals • Fall 2004Reciprocal visits by ECSU & UNH Faculty to work on NSF STEP2 proposal

21. Building a Model of CollaborationActivities and Timeline • Fall 2004Developed and MOU Between ECSU & UNH • Winter 2005Phone & Video conferences; E-mail, E-mail, Submission of NSF STEP2 • Summer 2005MOU Signing Ceremony at NASA-GSFCAnnouncement of : NASA Remote Sensing Explorer Funding

22. Building a Model of CollaborationActivities and Timeline • Fall 2005Announcement of NSF-STEP Funding • Fall 2007Announcement of NSF GEO-Teach Funding • Fall 2009 Submission of New NSF PIRE • Fall 2009 Invited Presentation at the National Science Foundation

23. Broadening Participation: Partnership With NSF • NSF Primary Funding Agency • NSF Office of the Director: Invited Keynote, Dallas, Texas • NSF Directors Office: Invited Presentation at NSF with 25 Program Officers • NSF Program Officer Visits by Individual or Faculty Teams; • Visit with Deputy Director @ NSF • Many visits between UNH and ECSU • Implement Multi-Year Grants @ UNH & ECSU

24. ECSU- UNH Partnership Enhanced each institutions ability to collaborate with other Majority & Minority Serving Institutions

25. Howard University—University of New Hampshire Began in 2014 Invited Consultation to Help Develop Office of Faculty Development at Howard Agreement among Provost, Faculty, Deans, Faculty Senate Appointed a Committee of Optimists (COO) Appoint Howard Faculty Fellows Meetings over 6 months with Faculty (Assistant, Associate, Full, Center Directors) Meetings with all Deans, President, Provost, others

26. Howard University—University of New Hampshire 2015: Howard Faculty (5) participate in UNH Writing Academy Howard – UNH Research Strengths Synergistic Much in Common—That Isn’t Obvious NASA Funding (IMAP—In second Phase review) Mellon Grant Funding

27. Howard University—University of New Hampshire UNH Faculty & Administrators Visit & Zoom into Howard (Jan 2017) Howard and UNH Visit the National Science Foundation Jointly Howard Faculty & Administrators Visit & Zoom into UNH (Feb 2017 and June 2018) Howard PhD students participate in UNH Writing Academy (5 recent students) October, 2019: MOU Signing Ceremony

28. ECSU & CReSIS Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) 12 year partnership 25M Univ. of Kansas (lead radar), Univ. Washington (Visualization), Indiana Univ. (CI),The Pennsylvania State University(Sesmics), Los Alamos National Laboratory(link is external), and ADMI Scientists have created the first map that shows how the Greenland Ice Sheet has moved over time, revealing that ice in the interior is moving more slowly toward the edges than it has, on average, over the past 9,000 years. Ice-penetrating radar data collected by the University of Kansas Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets played a key role in unlocking the discovery.

29. ECSU & CReSIS Discovery of a newly formed Antarctic Bay now named after Elizabeth City State University.

30. ECSU & SGCI Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) Partners: SDSC (lead), Purdue Univ, U of Michigan, Indiana University, Texas Academic Computing Center. The secret sauce of science. The one simple ingredient that will boost scientific discovery across domains: high-performance computing (HPC) NSF 5 + 5 award funded to serve Pis. Science Gateways are also known ad Virtual Research Environments (VREs)

31. ECSU & SGCI ECSU leads the Workforce Development component of SGCI… training the next generation of science gateway users and developers.

32. Successful Partnerships: Minority ProfessiOooonalOrganizations Opportunities to Partner w/ Minority Professional Societies • www.unh.edu/engagement/postdoc-resources • Click on Minority Professional Societies and Organizations • Example: National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (www.NOBCChE.org)

33. University of New Hampshire: The Next Big Thing! Postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholars program www.unh.edu/diverse-postdoc Identify Postdoctoral Scholars early for potential future tenure track faculty positions at UNH Research mentor, external mentor, scholarly coach, department ambassador; professional development Fundingby the department; not by a PI or on a grant 2-3 years as Postdoc before applying for TT position

34. YOUR TURN!

35. Principles of Partnership: Step 1 Understand Your Institutional Priorities Identify 2-3 promising areas on the priority list Identify a few key faculty champions Identify an engaged leader