ADVANCE Leadership Award: Collaborative Research: Evolving Biological Sciences - WEBS Symposia for Early Career Female Scientists

妇女发展生物科学(WEBS)将是一个为期三天的年度专题讨论会，旨在解决与从早期职业生涯阶段过渡到终身教职轨道、职位和学术和研究环境中的领导角色有关的早期职业问题。WEB的目标是大幅增加妇女在学术界生物科学领域的留任和晋升，以提高卓越水平，并在学术和科学领导方面创造更大的多样性。专注于这一职业阶段的目的是解决博士后或研究人员领域和终身教职轨道之间的女性流失问题。作为一个国家，美国不能继续失去训练有素的科学人才。WEBs将解决生物科学的早期职业过渡问题，重点是生态学和进化生物学领域。WEB将支持在过去两到八年内获得博士学位但没有终身教职的参与者，以解决从研究生和博士后职位向长期研究和教学职位的关键过渡期。在从研究生院到学术机构领导角色的关键过渡过程中，每个网络研讨会都将重点关注技能发展和参与者认为对他们的成功能力至关重要的主题。这一努力得到了进化研究学会、华盛顿大学水产和渔业科学学院以及北美底栖生物学会的支持。10多个专业协会承诺帮助宣传这些讲习班，表明认识到制定战略以留住和培养生物科学博士人才的重要性。该奖项由高级领导力奖支持。领导力奖支持个人、小团体或组织努力培养国家和/或学科特定的领导力，使女性能够充分参与和提升学术、科学和工程职业。

Women Evolving Biological Science (WEBS) will be an annual three-day symposium aimed at addressing early career issues related to transitions from early career stages to tenure track positions and leadership roles in academic and research settings. The goal of WEBS is to increase significantly the retention and advancement of women in academia in biological sciences in order to enhance excellence and create greater diversity in academic and scientific leadership. The intent of focusing on this career stage is to address the attrition of women between the postdoctoral or research faculty arena and the tenure track. As a nation, the U.S. cannot afford to continue to lose highly trained scientific talent. WEBS will address issues of early career transitions in biological sciences, with emphasis on the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. WEBS will support participants who have earned their doctoral degrees within the past two to eight years and who do not have tenure, in order to address the critical transition period from graduate studies and post-doctoral positions to permanent research and teaching positions. Each WEBS symposium will focus on skills development and on topics participants identify as important to their ability to succeed during the critical transition from graduate school to leadership roles in academic settings. This effort has support from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the University of Washingtons School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, and the North American Benthological Society. More than 10 professional societies have committed to help advertise the workshops, demonstrating the recognition of the importance of defining strategies to retain and advance the talented pool of doctoral recipients in the biological sciences. This award is supported by an ADVANCE Leadership award. Leadership Awards support the efforts of individuals, small groups, or organizations in developing national and/or discipline-specific leadership in enabling the full participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers