Undergraduate Diversity at the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists

进化研究学会和系统生物学家学会的本科生多样性

• 批准号: 0826811
• 负责人: Scott Edwards
• 金额: $ 6.75万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0826811&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Diversity; Society; Study; Evolution

The Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) are the premier professional societies in the US for discussion and dissemination of ideas relating to evolution. This award will provide travel, registration, and lodging costs for approximately 15 undergraduates from groups underrepresented in science for the annual meetings of these societies for the years 2008 - 2011. This award is a continuation of a very successful program that began with the 2001 meetings and has raised awareness and enthusiasm for the need to broaden the undergraduate base at the meetings. During the meetings the undergraduates will be mentored by graduate student and faculty mentors, who will help the undergraduate network at the meetings, help demystify talks for the undergraduates, and generally make the students feel more welcome at the meetings. There will also be an official mentoring session for undergraduates, consisting of a seminar that will help encourage the students to prepare for careers and/or graduate school in evolutionary and environmental biology. These activities will be supplemented by social activities not covered by this grant, as well as further efforts on the part of both societies for encouraging undergraduate participation, such as reduced registration fees, daily fees for attendance by students at the host site, and an undergraduate poster session. These activities will help increase participation by underrepresented groups at the Evolution meetings, and ultimately should have a positive effect on participation in evolutionary biology nationally.

进化研究协会（SSE）和系统生物学家学会（SSB）是美国的主要专业社会，以讨论和传播与进化有关的思想。该奖项将为2008年至2011年的这些社会的年度会议提供了大约15名本科生的旅行，注册和住宿费用。该奖项是一个非常成功的计划的延续，该计划始于2001年的会议，并从2001年的会议开始，并提高了人们的认识和热情，需要在宽广的基础上宽广的会议。在会议期间，本科生将受到研究生和教职员工的指导，他们将在会议上帮助本科网络，帮助对本科生的谈判进行宣传，并且通常会让学生在会议上更受欢迎。还将举行一项官方的大学生指导会议，包括一个研讨会，该研讨会将有助于鼓励学生为进化和环境生物学的职业和/或研究生院做准备。这些活动将得到这笔赠款未涵盖的社会活动的补充，以及两个社会的进一步努力，以鼓励本科参与，例如减少注册费，学生每天在主持人站点出勤的费用以及本科海报会议。这些活动将有助于增加代表性不足的群体参加进化会议的参与，最终应对全国进化生物学的参与产生积极影响。