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) 和系统生物学家协会 (SSB) 是美国讨论和传播进化相关思想的首要专业协会。该奖项将为大约 15 名来自科学界代表性不足的群体的本科生提供 2008 - 2011 年这些学会年度会议的旅费、注册和住宿费用。该奖项是从 2001 年会议开始的一项非常成功的计划的延续，并提高了人们对扩大会议本科生基础的认识和热情。在会议期间，本科生将受到研究生和教师导师的指导，他们将帮助会议上的本科生网络，帮助揭开本科生演讲的神秘面纱，并总体上让学生在会议上感到更受欢迎。还将为本科生提供官方指导课程，包括研讨会，帮助鼓励学生为进化和环境生物学的职业和/或研究生院做好准备。这些活动将得到本补助金未涵盖的社会活动的补充，以及两个协会为鼓励本科生参与而做出的进一步努力，例如降低注册费、学生在主办地点的每日出勤费以及本科生海报会议。这些活动将有助于增加代表性不足的群体在进化会议上的参与，并最终应对全国进化生物学的参与产生积极影响。