We will discuss strategies and opportunities for building sustainable, durable bridges and interdisciplinary collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in various research areas, with the goal of promoting diversity and inclusion in all our research practices. In particular, we will address ways to seed authentic collaborations between Penn State researchers and their MSI collaborators in mutually beneficial ways, including in the sharing of resources, expertise, and best practices to support underrepresented groups in building research capacity. Finally, we will share brief information on federally funded programs in this space.
Presenters:
Camelia Kantor | Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Zoubeida Ounaies | Materials Research Institute