Expanding Diversity in the Aquaitc Sciences

该提案将使用2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）提供的资金进行奖励。汉普顿大学和湖沼学和海洋学（ASLO）的美国社会提出了一个计划，以增加代表性不足的少数民族选择在水产科学职业的数量重新资助。 该计划针对少数民族学生，教师和专业人士感兴趣的水产科学，以及教师在历史上少数民族学院和大学（HMCU）工作。 与会者获得了ASLO的免费会员资格，并获得了参加年度会议和会前特别讲习班的支助。 目前的建议将培养过去的参与者的发展，并将新的学生群体纳入这一进程。通过继续培养目标群体成员积极参与ASLO的年度会议，该计划旨在实现四个目标：1。通过积极参加ASLO会议，让更多的少数民族本科生和研究生接触前沿的水产科学。2.通过ASLO会议上的互动，将少数民族学生与实习、深造、特殊课程和潜在就业机会联系起来。3.继续将新的少数群体学生纳入少数群体和多数群体水产科学家网络。4.在ASLO中建立少数民族科学家的重要存在，这将成为该领域正在招募的新少数民族的导师核心。自1990年启动该方案以来，已有654名学生参加了该方案。 大约42%的学生返回后续会议，25%参加两个，16%，3个或更多。近年来，许多参与者（80%）是女性，反映了全国少数民族男性大学生入学率下降的趋势。参与者群体是多样化的，包括57%的非洲裔美国人，33%的西班牙裔美国人，7%的土著美国人和4%的太平洋岛民。在该计划的过程中，参与者人口统计数据的变化包括越来越多的西班牙裔，女性和研究生。此外，11名前学生谁获得博士学位。学位作为导师返回。多年来，来自181个不同机构的学生参加了培训。大约57%的学生来自有水上运动项目的少数民族服务机构（汉普顿大学，萨凡纳州立大学，联合波多黎各校区，福特瓦利州立大学，联合来自马里兰州，东海岸，杰克逊州立大学，加利福尼亚州，洛杉矶和德克萨斯大学，埃尔帕索，佛罗里达A M U。许多学生通过与REU项目的特殊关系参加，例如香农点（西华盛顿大学），海港分支/萨凡纳州立大学，弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所和俄勒冈州州立大学。最好的估计表明，28%的参与者完成了研究生或专业学位，约155人获得MS，31人完成了博士或法律学位。

This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Hampton University and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) propose renewed funding for a program to increase the numbers of under-represented minorities electing careers in aquatic sciences. The program targets minority students, faculty and professionals interested in aquatic sciences, as well as faculty working at Historically Minority Colleges and Universities (HMCU). Participants received a free membership in ASLO and support to attend the annual meetings and special pre-meeting workshops. The present proposal will cultivate the development of past participants and incorporate new cohorts of students into the process. By continuing to build active participation of target group members in the annual meetings of ASLO, the program aims to achieve four objectives: 1. Expose more minority undergraduates and beginning graduate students to cutting edge aquatic science through active participation in ASLO meetings. 2. Link minority students to opportunities for internships, advanced studies, special programs and potential employment through interactions at ASLO meetings. 3. Continue to bring new cohorts of minority students into the networks of minority and majority aquatic scientists. 4. Establish a significant presence of minority scientists in ASLO that will form a mentor core for the ongoing recruitment of new minorities into the field. Since the initiation of the program in 1990, over 654 students have participated in the program. About 42% of students return for subsequent meetings, 25% attend two, and 16%, 3 or more. Many (80%) of the participants are female in recent years, reflecting a national trend of declining enrollment of male minority students in colleges. The participant group has been diverse, consisting of 57% African-Americans, 33% Hispanic-Americans, 7% Native-Americans, and 4% Pacific Islanders. Shifts in participant demographics over the course of the program include increasing numbers of Hispanics, women and graduate students. In addition, 11 former students who have earned Ph.D. degrees returned as mentors. Students from 181 different institutions participated over the years. About 57% of the students came from key minority serving institutions with aquatics programs (Hampton U., Savannah State U., The U. of Puerto Rico campuses, Fort Valley State U., The U. of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Jackson State U., Cal. State, LA and the University of Texas, El Paso, Florida A&M U.). Many students participated via special relationships with REU programs, such as those at Shannon Point (Western Washington Univ.), Harbor Branch/Savanna State U., the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and Oregon State U. Best estimates suggest that, 28% of the participants completed graduate or professional degrees, with about 155 earning MS and 31 completing PhD or Law degrees.