Careers in Biological Sciences: Advancement for Women and Minorities; Bethesda, MD; April 26-29, 1990

要想在科学领域取得成功，需要的不仅仅是创造性地规划重要的实验和精确地执行实验的专业知识。传统上，培养科学家是一个学徒制的过程；论文导师和博士后导师是青年科学家的向导和榜样。对于女性和少数民族来说，这一过程严重依赖于个人的“友谊”，往往会失败。科学的文化和过程必须向所有科学家开放，以便他们能够采取积极的步骤在他们的职业生涯中取得进步。这个提议的讲习班是为刚刚建立自己作为科学家的独立性的妇女和少数民族设计的，也就是说，她们正在获得第一笔研究经费。职业生涯的早期阶段尤其不稳定；部门和教学需求是绝对的要求。尽管在教育和培训方面进行了大量投资，但妇女和少数民族在科学事业中的这一阶段往往是她们的最后阶段。本次研讨会将讨论生物科学职业生涯的以下几个方面：1)任期和晋升；2)资助和出版物；3)科学文化；4)有效沟通。此外，还将对讲习班进行一次评论，以便它可以作为今后讲习班的原型，以便使妇女和少数民族更多地参与科学和工程职业的较高层次。这次研讨会的目标是向妇女和少数族裔科学家介绍推进科学事业所需的一些工具。预计这将是一次原型会议，以帮助建立向这些群体传播专业提升技能的测试形式，这些群体传统上在科学职业的高层中代表性不足，但他们将构成美国未来劳动力的大部分。

Achieving a successful career in science requires more than the creative process of planning important experiments and the expertise to execute them precisely. Traditionally, the training of scientists is an apprenticeship process; thesis-advisors and postdoctoral mentors are guides and role models for the young scientist. For women and minorities this process, which depends so heavily on a personal "friendship", often fails. The culture and process of science must be made available to all scientists so that they may take positive steps to advance in their careers. The proposed workshop is designed for women and minorities who are just establishing their independence as scientists, i.e. who are holding their first research grants. This early stage in a career is especially precarious; departmental and teaching demands are an absolute requirement. Despite the large investment in education and training made, this stage in the scientific careers of women and minorities often is their last. This workshop will address the following aspects of careers in biological sciences: 1) tenure and promotion; 2) grants and publications; 3) the culture of science; 4) effective communication. In addition, a critique of the workshop will be conducted so that it may serve as a prototype for future workshops directed toward the greater participation of women and minorities at higher levels of science and engineering careers. The goal of this workshop is to present women and minority scientists with some of the tools required to advance scientific careers. This is expected to be a prototype conference to help establish tested formats for the dissemination of professional advancement skills to these groups which have been traditionally under-represented in the upper levels of scientific careers, but who will constitute the greater part of the future workforce in the United States.