ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) Award: Collaborative Research - Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching NeTworks (ASCENT)

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This project will create a discipline-specific, well-designed program focusing on womenin atmospheric science/meteorology to create leaders for advancement.The emphasis during the proposed three-day Atmospheric Science Collaborations andEnriching Networks (ASCENT) summer workshop program and follow-up reunionevents will be to initiate positive professional relationships, among female faculty ofdifferent ranks and postdoctoral researchers. These individuals will work in teams (eachsenior scientist will be paired with two junior scientists) and foster connections.Furthermore, while networking with like-minded women scientists, participants will havethe opportunity to explore specific promising practices toward eliminating the "leakypipeline," defined by the attrition of women at different stages in their academic careers.By fostering relationships among women faculty and researchers, ASCENT willdemonstrate a commitment to developing research bases and improve the quality ofcollaborative atmospheric research conducted at multiple universities and colleges.ASCENT has been designed to achieve the following specific goals:1) Ensure that junior women scientists know about and have access to resources andpeople who can help guide them through their career and life path.2) Encourage positive mentorship and create mentoring opportunities.3) Learn and teach others about primary obstacles for women in atmospheric sciencesand meteorological fields, and develop or share communication tools to assist innavigating these obstacles.4) Meet potential scientific collaborators at other institutions.In order to ensure success and longevity of the proposed workshop and collaborativeexperience, an extensive evaluation program will be implemented. The process willbegin at the initial stage of workshop development; continue throughout duration of theworkshop and past termination to determine long-term outcomes. Evaluation findingswill be disseminated in professional forums, such as conferences or refereed journals.Throughout these workshops, the organizers will assemble knowledge on techniquesand methodology to strength the participation of women within the fields of atmosphericscience and meteorology. This information will be disseminated to this academiccommunity via Eos and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).ASCENT will also produce a bi-annual electronic newsletter to provide summaries of"lessons learned" and current literature regarding the advancement of women ingeoscience. This newsletter will be sent to all participants in the workshops, the EarthScience Women's Network (ESWN) list serve, and other interested parties.