Workshop: Support of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers in the Sciences and Engineering, June 17-18, 2004

美国科学促进会（AAAS）提议举办一个研讨会，讨论有关研究生和博士后支持的问题。本次活动是由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、研究生院理事会（CGS）和美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）共同主办的一系列活动的一部分，旨在检查和改进研究生教育和研究培训方面的知识和实践。许多人认为，美国正面临着在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域受过培训的公民严重短缺的问题。本次研讨会将通过研究导致学生在STEM领域接受研究生教育和博士后培训的因素来解决这一问题，特别关注财政支持和福利在培养技术劳动力方面发挥的关键作用。美国科学促进会将与美国国家科学基金会研究生教育处合作，于2004年6月17日至18日在美国科学促进会华盛顿总部举办为期两天的研讨会。研讨会将考虑学生经济支持在促进STEM领域培养更多、更有准备的美国公民方面的作用和影响。会议将审查毕业生学生支持的组成部分之间的相互作用，如津贴的方式、期限和数额，以及医疗保健和其他福利。这些因素将考虑与学生进步指标的关系，如完成率，获得学位的时间和获得第一名的时间。会议还将探讨研究生和博士后薪酬对科研企业和国内科学劳动力市场整体的经济影响。会议将有100人参加，其中包括研究生；博士后研究人员;STEM教师和院长；劳动经济学家;以及来自工业和研究资助组织的代表。会议将在华盛顿市中心的美国科学促进会总部举行，方便与会。在本次会议上分享的信息，加上制定的政策建议，将大大促进研究生教育的知识和实践。一群重要的利益相关者将被授权创建和传播一套围绕学生支持模式、持续时间和数量的最佳实践。更广泛的影响讲习班的成果将是一套最佳做法和确定知识差距，以便在这些主题的未来研究中加以解决。它还将有助于建立一个由研究人员、教育工作者和利益相关者组成的社区，他们将在这一关键领域保持持续的对话。美国科学促进会将与美国国家科学基金会合作，广泛传播这些发现。这次会议将促进我们对研究生支持如何在许多方面为创造美国STEM劳动力做出贡献的理解，并将促进更有知识和投资的利益相关者的领导。本次会议制定的最佳实践准则将由会议组织者和与会者广泛传播，并将导致基础设施的变化，从而加强全国的研究生教育。会议还将讨论支持方式和数量的变化如何对种族、性别或社会经济阶层中代表性不足的群体产生不同的影响。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) proposes to hold a workshop addressing the issues surrounding graduate student and postdoctoral support. This event is part of a series of events co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designed to examine and improve knowledge and practice in graduate education and research training. Intellectual Merit There are many who believe that the US is facing a critical shortage of citizens trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This workshop will address this issue by examining the factors that lead students to pursue graduate education and postdoctoral training in STEM areas, focusing especially on the critical role that financial support and benefits play in preparing a technological workforce. AAAS will work cooperatively with the NSF Division of Graduate Education to organize a two-day workshop to be held at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC on June 17-18, 2004. The workshop will consider the role and impact of student financial support in promoting the production of more and better prepared US citizens in STEM fields. The conference will examine the interplay between components of graduates student support such as mode, duration and amount of stipend, as well as health care and other benefits. These elements will be considered in relationship to indicators of student progress such as completion rate, time to degree and time to first position. The meeting will also explore the economic impacts of graduate and postdoctoral compensation on the research enterprise and on the domestic scientific labor market overall. The meeting will involve one hundred participants including graduate students; postdoctoral researchers; STEM faculty and deans; labor economists; and representatives from industry and research funding organizations. It will be held at AAAS Headquarters in downtown Washington, DC, for convenient access. The information shared at this meeting, combined with the policy recommendations developed, will significantly advance knowledge and practice in graduate education. A crucial group of stakeholders will be empowered to create and disseminate a set of best practices surrounding mode, duration and amount of student support. Broader Impacts The outcome of the workshop will be a set of best-practices and identification of knowledge gaps to be addressed by future research on these topics. It will also help to build a community of researchers, educators, and stakeholders who will maintain an ongoing dialogue in this critical area. AAAS will work with NSF to disseminate these findings broadly. This meeting will advance our understanding of how the many facets of graduate student support contribute to creating the US STEM workforce, and it will promote the leadership of a more knowledgeable and invested set of stakeholders. The best practices guidelines developed at this meeting will be disseminated widely by the meeting organizers and participants, and will lead to infrastructure changes that will enhance graduate education nationwide. The meeting will also address how changes in mode and amount of support may differentially affect underrepresented groups along racial, gender or socioeconomic lines.