[Nhcoll-l] Bring the AIBS Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science Course to Your Institution

[Jyotsna Pandey]

*Online Professional Development Training for Scientists*

Reports abound from professional societies, the Academies, government
agencies, and researchers calling attention to the fact that science is
increasingly an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, inter-institutional,
and international endeavor. In short, science has become a “team sport.”

Team science is increasingly common in the 21st century to develop
convergent solutions to complex problems. Collaboration is no longer
limited to sharing ideas with the biologist in the lab next door. The
questions confronting science often require teams that may include a mix of
computer and information scientists, physical and social scientists,
mathematicians, ethicists, policy and management experts, as well as
community stakeholders and citizen scientists. Adding to this complexity,
teams span programs within organizations, cross organization boundaries to
form institutional consortia, and often include international partners.

There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success
in this new collaborative environment.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has responded to this
call with a program for scientists, educators, and individuals who work
with or participate in scientific teams. This intensive, two-day,
interactive, professional development course was developed by scientists
and other experts focusing on collaboration and teamwork to provide
participants with the knowledge and skills required to become productive
and effective members of scientific teams.

*Nothing teaches collaboration like practicing collaboration. *This is not
a course that asks you to learn in isolation. It is a microcosm of
scientific collaboration, with extensive hands-on learning as part of a
scientific team, with scientific case studies and examples.

*Who should participate?*

   - Research program/lab directors
   - Scientists and faculty engaged in collaborative projects
   - Researchers and faculty working at the interface of different fields
   and/or scientific approaches
   - Graduate students and postdocs looking to augment research planning
   and communication skills
   - Groups interested in planning successful research proposals and
   interdisciplinary research teams
   - Academic, government, and industry scientists

This course is designed for anyone involved in collaborative scientific
endeavors. Team leaders will find the course especially helpful. Because
participants will work on “real-world” team science concerns, we encourage
multiple members of a team to attend together.

*Participants will develop and hone the skills needed to:*

   - Explain interdisciplinary team science and characteristics of
   effective scientific teams
   - Describe how teams work
   - Improve team communication and trust
   - Resolve individual and team conflicts
   - Recognize competencies and characteristics of effective team leadership
   - Create effective teams and team culture
   - Develop a shared vision, mission, plan, and key performance indicators
   for a scientific team
   - Identify and assess the right mix of competencies and people needed
   for a scientific team
   - Use team tools and processes such as quality improvement cycle and
   knowledge mapping

Participants also have ongoing free access to a course folder packed with
resources like course presentation slides, exercises to use with teams,
templates, articles, and links to surveys and assessments, videos,
websites, and other information.

*We'll come to you*

AIBS can bring the course to your university, department, lab, or research
team. We can also customize the course based on your needs. As a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic, we now offer an online version of the workshop. If
you are interested in organizing a workshop for your institution, please
contact Scott Glisson at sglisson at aibs.org for more information.

Additional information, including a course outline, is available at
https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/200420-team-science.html.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences

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