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)提议举办一次研讨会，讨论有关研究生和博士后支持的问题。这次活动是由国家科学基金会(NSF)、研究生院理事会(CGS)和美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)共同发起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，美国正面临着受过科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域培训的公民严重短缺的问题。本次研讨会将通过考察导致学生在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，特别关注资金支持和福利在培养技术劳动力方面所起的关键作用。美国科学促进会将与美国国家科学基金会研究生教育部门合作，于2004年6月17-18日在美国科学促进会总部举办为期两天的研讨会。研讨会将讨论学生资助在促进STEM领域培养更多和更有准备的美国公民方面的作用和影响。会议将研究研究生支持的各个组成部分之间的相互作用，如津贴的方式、持续时间和金额，以及医疗保健和其他福利。这些要素将与学生进步的指标，如完成率、获得学位的时间和达到第一名的时间联系起来考虑。会议还将探讨研究生和博士后薪酬对研究企业和国内整体科学劳动力市场的经济影响。会议将有100名与会者参加，其中包括研究生、博士后研究人员、STEM教职员工和院长、劳动经济学家以及来自产业和研究资助组织的代表。会议将在位于华盛顿市中心的AAAS总部举行，以方便人们进入。在这次会议上分享的信息，与制定的政策建议相结合，将大大促进研究生教育的知识和实践。一个关键的利益相关者小组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做法。更广泛的影响研讨会的成果将是一套最佳做法，并查明今后对这些专题的研究要解决的知识差距。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。AAAS将与NSF合作，广泛传播这些发现。这次会议将增进我们对研究生支持的许多方面如何为创建美国STEM劳动力做出贡献的理解，并将促进更有知识和投入的利益相关者的领导力。本次会议制定的最佳做法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在种族、性别或社会经济方面对代表性不足的群体产生不同影响。

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.