Increasing Minority Participation in Tropical Biology: Supporting activities for the OTS Advisory Committee for Academic Diversity (ACAD)

增加少数群体对热带生物学的参与：支持 OTS 学术多样性咨询委员会 (ACAD) 的活动

• 批准号: 0550078
• 负责人: Elizabeth Losos
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0550078&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Minority; Participation; Tropical; Biology

Project SummaryIntellectual MeritThe Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) a consortium of more than 60 colleges anduniversities requests support for its Advisory Committee for Academic Diversity (ACAD) toproduce a manual of best practices that addresses identification, recruitment and retention ofunderrepresented minorities in the environmental and biological sciences, a critical need withinthe scientific community. The foundation for the manual will data and information presented at aresearch symposium sponsored by ACAD and OTS at Howard University last summer.ACAD is a standing committee of the OTS Board of Directors and is responsible for providingadvice and council to OTS on broadening participation of underrepresented minorities at theundergraduate, graduate and professional levels. Since 1999, OTS has increased its efforts toattract minority students to the field of tropical initiatives such as ACAD and the MinorityScholars Program.Broader ImpactsCreation of a manual of best practices is an important next step to increasing the number ofAfrican Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders who pursue careers in theenvironmental and biological sciences. The Organization for Tropical Studies for much of its42-year history has primarily focused on working with private, elite colleges and universities.The ACAD committee through this project will foster greater participation of state, HBCUs,Hispanic Serving, Tribal colleges and universities in the OTS consortium.

项目摘要智力成就热带研究组织（OTS）是一个由60多所学院和大学组成的联合体，要求支持其学术多样性咨询委员会（ACAD）编写一本最佳实践手册，以解决环境和生物科学中代表性不足的少数群体的识别、招聘和保留问题，这是科学界的一个迫切需要。该手册的基础是去年夏天在霍华德大学由ACAD和OTS主办的研究研讨会上提出的数据和信息。ACAD是OTS董事会的一个常设委员会，负责向OTS提供建议和建议，以扩大未被充分代表的少数民族在本科、研究生和专业层面的参与。自1999年以来，OTS加大了吸引少数民族学生参与热带倡议领域的努力，如ACAD和少数民族学者计划。更广泛的影响编写一本最佳实践手册是增加从事环境和生物科学工作的非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民人数的重要下一步。在其42年的历史中，热带研究组织主要致力于与私立精英学院和大学合作。ACAD委员会通过该项目将促进各州、hbcu、西班牙裔服务、部落学院和大学更多地参与OTS联盟。