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

研讨会：科学与工程领域研究生和博士后研究人员的支持，2004 年 6 月 17-18 日

• 批准号: 0436235
• 负责人: Lara Campbell
• 金额: $ 2.32万
• 依托单位: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-06-15 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0436235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Support; Graduate; Students; Postdoctoral

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.

美国科学促进会（AAAS）提议举办一次研讨会，讨论研究生和博士后支持的问题。 该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，旨在检查和提高研究生教育和研究培训方面的知识和实践。 智力优势 许多人认为，美国面临着科学、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 领域追求研究生教育和博士后培训的因素来解决这个问题，特别关注财务支持和福利在培养技术劳动力方面所发挥的关键作用。 美国科学促进会将与美国国家科学基金会研究生教育部合作，于 2004 年 6 月 17 日至 18 日在华盛顿特区的美国科学促进会总部举办为期两天的研讨会。该研讨会将讨论学生财政支持在促进在 STEM 领域培养更多更好的美国公民方面的作用和影响。 会议将研究研究生支持各组成部分之间的相互作用，例如津贴的模式、期限和金额，以及医疗保健和其他福利。 这些要素将与学生进步指标（例如完成率、获得学位的时间和获得第一名的时间）相关联来考虑。 会议还将探讨研究生和博士后薪酬对研究企业以及整个国内科学劳动力市场的经济影响。 会议将有包括研究生在内的一百人参加；博士后研究人员； STEM 教师和院长；劳动经济学家；以及来自工业界和研究资助组织的代表。 会议将在华盛顿特区市中心的美国科学促进会总部举行，以方便参加。 本次会议分享的信息与制定的政策建议相结合，将显着推进研究生教育的知识和实践。 一个重要的利益相关者群体将被授权创建和传播一系列围绕学生支持的模式、持续时间和数量的最佳实践。 更广泛的影响 研讨会的成果将是一系列最佳实践和知识差距的确定，这些差距将通过未来对这些主题的研究来解决。 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。 这次会议将加深我们对研究生支持的各个方面如何有助于创建美国 STEM 劳动力的理解，并将促进知识更丰富、投入更多的利益相关者的领导力。 本次会议制定的最佳实践指南将由会议组织者和参与者广泛传播，并将导致基础设施变革，从而加强全国范围内的研究生教育。 会议还将讨论支持模式和数量的变化如何对种族、性别或社会经济方面代表性不足的群体产生不同的影响。