Expanding Dialogue in the Postdoctoral Community towards Broadening Participation in the Social, Behaviorial, and Economic Sciences

美国国家博士后协会（NPA）将组织并主办一个为期一天的研讨会，以扩大博士后社区的对话，以扩大社会、行为和经济（SBE）科学领域代表性不足群体的参与。NPA将邀请过去两年获得SBE少数民族博士后研究奖学金（MPRF）的科学家、资助他们的科学家和其他相关方参加。全国各地的联邦机构和机构呼吁NPA为博士后提供全国性的声音。至关重要的是，NPA要更多地了解来自SBE科学中代表性不足的群体的博士后所面临的挑战，以便更好地代表他们，并为最佳实践提出明智的建议，以提高这些博士后在学术研究中的保留率。本次研讨会的预期成果是：1。一份研讨会会议记录的书面报告，将由npa广泛传播给博士后社区和其他人员。这些参与者将带着新的信息和知识离开，这些信息和知识将进一步推动他们自己的努力，以扩大未被充分代表的群体在博士后水平上参与SBE科学。从这次研讨会中吸取的经验教训将产生更广泛的影响，并为从其他研究领域中代表性不足的群体中留住科学家提供见解。知识价值。了解更多关于SBE博士后群体的信息是必要的，因为这个群体一直在稳步增长。事实上，自1972年以来，在美国获得社会科学博士学位并担任博士后职位的人数稳步增加，从不足20%增加到2006年的30%以上。此外，博士后培训期仍然是一个关键点，在此期间，在SBE科学中代表性不足的少数民族可能会离开学术渠道。NPA领导层定期与博士后学者的最新经历进行交流，包括来自代表性不足群体的博士后研究人员的经历。举办这次研讨会符合国家行动计划的六个战略重点之一：鼓励和促进博士后社区的多样性。国家行动计划将能够为讲习班创建一个知情和理解的平台。更广泛的影响。讲习班将产生一份关于会议进程和经验教训的书面报告，国家行动方案将在其网站上、在其会议上和通过其联系广泛传播这份报告。从本次研讨会中吸取的经验教训将产生更广泛的影响，并为国家博士后社区在SBE科学和其他领域提供见解。

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) will organize and host a one-day workshop to expand dialogue in the postdoctoral community towards broadening participation of underrepresented groups in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences. The NPA will invite recipients of the SBE Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPRF) from the past two years, theirsponsoring scientists, and other relevant parties to participate. The NPA is called upon by Federal agencies and institutions across the country to provide anational voice for postdocs. It is crucial that the NPA learn more about the challenges faced by postdocs from underrepresented groups in the SBE Sciences in order to better represent them and to make informed recommendations for best practices to improve retention of these postdocs in academic research. The expected outcomes of this workshop are: 1. A written report of the proceedings of the workshop that will be widely disseminated to the postdoctoral community and others by the NPA.2. That participants will leave with new information and knowledge that will further their own efforts to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in the SBE sciences at the postdoctoral level.3. That lessons learned from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights for retaining scientists from underrepresented groups in other fields of research.Intellectual Merit. Learning more about the SBE postdoctoral community isessential, as this population has been steadily increasing. In fact, the number of doctoral recipients in the social sciences who earned their degree in the United States and have held a postdoctoral position has steadily increased since 1972, from fewer than 20% to more than 30% by 2006. Furthermore, the postdoctoral training period remains a critical point at which underrepresented minorities in SBE sciences may leave the academic pipeline. The NPA leadership engages on a regular basis with the most recent scholarship on postdoctoralscholars' experiences, including those of postdoctoral researchers from underrepresented groups. Hosting this workshop is in line with one of the six strategic priorities of the NPA: To encourage and facilitate diversity within the postdoctoral community. The NPA will be able to create an informed and understanding platform for the workshop. Broader Impacts. The workshop will result in a written report of the proceedings and lessons learned that will be widely disseminated by the NPA, on its Web site, at its meetings, and through its contacts. The lessons learned from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights for thenational postdoctoral community across the SBE sciences and beyond.