ADVANCE Leadership Award: Collaborative Research: Women in Cognitive Science

认知科学中的妇女组织(WICS)是该提案的合作伙伴于2001年创建的一个组织，隶属于心理学会。WICS的目标是提高从事认知科学、实验心理学和认知神经科学事业的女科学家的成功。该提案描述了一项旨在维持和扩大WICS的计划。计划的活动有以下目标：*更正式地组织其结构，*保持其存在，*让其他资深女性认知科学家参与其领导，*计划在心理学会年度会议前后举行的活动，*创建一套正在进行的方案，促进该领域所有妇女的进步，*确保高级妇女的认可和代表性，以及*解决面临开始职业生涯初始阶段谈判挑战的年轻妇女的需求。拟议的计划涉及了NSF.的两个影响标准。它鼓励青年科学家参加专业会议，促进妇女和少数群体的指导和专业发展，并旨在提高历史上在领导职位上任职人数偏低的资深女性认知科学家的能见度。

Women in Cognitive Science (WICS) is an organization created by the Co-PIs of this proposal in 2001 and is affiliated with the Psychonomic Society. The goal of WICS is to enhance the success of women scientists who are pursuing careers in cognitive science, experimental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The proposal describes a program which aims to sustain and extend WICS. The planned activities have the following objectives:* to organize its structure more formally,* to sustain its presence, * to engage the participation of other senior women cognitive scientists in its leadership,* to plan events to take place around the yearly meeting of the Psychonomic Society,* to create a set of ongoing programs that will promote the advancement of all women in the field,* to ensure the recognition and representation of senior women, and * to address the needs of younger women facing the challenges of negotiating the initial stages of beginning a career. The program proposed addresses both of NSF.s impact criteria. It encourages the participation of young scientists in professional meetings, promotes the mentoring and professional development of women and minorities, and aims to increase the visibility of senior women cognitive scientists who have been historically underrepresented in positions of leadership.