Dear Colleagues,
The application window is now open for the 2018 CREDITS Team Science Retreat.
Academics, researchers, and post-doctoral scholars from UC are invited to apply to attend The Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Science (CREDITS) retreat, to be held September 28-30, 2018 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Collaborative, interdisciplinary team science-based research has become increasingly central in scientific discovery. Team science garners more funding, and more impactful research and publications. Having a strong network of collaborators and mentors is critical to a productive and successful academic career. CREDITS is an integrated research and training program to increase and enhance Team Science (TS) and collective intelligence capacity, effectiveness, and excellence in California. Diversity on teams is known to have positive effects on creativity, innovation, and productivity. Apart from its contribution to scientific breakthroughs and grand challenge problems, TS has beneficial impacts on individual research careers. Diverse TS projects garner more funding, and yield greater publication productivity, and higher impact publications.
In a small group environment, the CREDITS Team Science Retreat will promote team science competencies and leadership capacity across the campuses of the University of California and Cal State University systems. The three interrelated core activities are: 1) Annual TS Leadership and Team Formation Retreats; 2) TS and Institutional Change Training/Seminar for UC and CSU Administrative Leaders – Provosts, Deans, Chairs, etc.; and 3) Research and Evaluation that will increase our knowledge about TS and diversity and inform CREDITS programming.
Who Should Apply?
- Your research or programmatic interests should be in a Science, Engineering, or Math (STEM) field, including Social Science.
- CREDITS is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service.
DEADLINE to apply is Friday, May 25, 2018 at midnight. If you have questions about your eligibility or application procedures, please contact John Crockett, Senior Director, Research Project Development at San Diego State University, jcrockett@foundation.sdsu.edu, (619) 594-3176.
More information and the link to the application is here: https://oru.research.ucsb.edu/teamscience/
This program is funded by the NSF, the Elsevier Foundation, and the UC Office of the President.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)