Expanding Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue in the Postdoctoral Community

扩大博士后社区的跨学科对话

• 批准号: 1150325
• 负责人: Cathee Johnson-Phillips
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: National Postdoctoral Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1150325&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expanding; Cross; Disciplinary; Dialogue; Postdoctoral

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) will organize and host a 1.5-day workshop at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., to expand dialogue in the postdoctoral community towards: (1) learning more about the postdoctoral experience in fields of study where postdoctorate study is not very common and (2) providing professional development opportunities for the postdoctoral participants.The NPA will invite postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, in computational science/cyber-infrastructure, and in other related fields of study to attend. Postdocs have not been a tradition in these sciences as in the life sciences, where completing a postdoc has become a requisite to career success. The NPA will also invite other relevant parties to participate, including representatives from appropriate professional societies. The NPA is called upon by Federal agencies and institutions across the country to provide a national voice for postdocs. It is crucial that the NPA learn more about the challenges faced by postdocs in fields of study where postdoctorate training is not common in order to better represent them and to make informed recommendations for best practices to improve retention of these postdocs in academic research. Some of the expected outcomes of this workshop are:1. That a written report of the proceedings of the workshop will be widely disseminated to the postdoctoral community and other relevant parties through the NPA.2. That the participants will build or strengthen their network of support.3. That lessons learned from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights as well as concrete recommendations for supporting new scientists across all disciplines.Intellectual MeritThere is little data/information available regarding the experiences of postdocs from these fields of study. Learning more about the social, behavioral, and economic sciences postdoctoral community is essential, as this population has been steadily increasing. Learning more about the postdocs in the computational sciences/cyber-infrastructure is also essential. The field of cyberinfrastructure is a relatively new cross-disciplinary field that provides sophisticated tools for all disciplines and so has the potential to involve postdocs from many and varied fields of study. Any information that can be gained from this workshop will be valuable.The NPA leadership engages on a regular basis with the most recent scholarship on postdoctoral scholars' experiences. The NPA will be able to create an informed and understanding platform for the workshop.Broader ImpactsThe workshop will result in a written report of the proceedings that will be widely disseminated by the NPA, on its Web site, at its meetings, and through its contacts. The information gained from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights for the national postdoctoral community across all fields of research.

国家博士后协会(NPA)将在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会组织和主办一个为期1.5天的研讨会，以扩大博士后社区的对话：(1)更多地了解博士后研究领域的博士后经验，(2)为博士后参与者提供职业发展机会。NPA将邀请社会、行为和经济科学、计算科学/网络基础设施和其他相关研究领域的博士后学者(博士后)参加。博士后不像生命科学那样成为这些科学的传统，在生命科学中，完成博士后学位已成为职业成功的必要条件。NPA还将邀请其他相关各方参加，包括来自适当专业协会的代表。NPA被全国各地的联邦机构和机构呼吁为博士后提供全国性的声音。NPA必须更多地了解博士后培训不常见的研究领域的博士后所面临的挑战，以便更好地代表他们，并就最佳做法提出明智的建议，以改善这些博士后在学术研究中的留存。这一研讨会的一些预期成果是：1.将通过国家评估机制向博士后群体和其他有关方面广泛传播研讨会记录的书面报告。参与者将建立或加强他们的支持网络。从这次研讨会中学到的经验教训将产生更广泛的影响，并为支持所有学科的新科学家提供见解和具体建议。智力价值关于这些研究领域的博士后经历的数据/信息很少。随着博士后群体的稳步增长，更多地了解社会、行为和经济学博士后群体是至关重要的。了解更多关于计算科学/网络基础设施的博士后知识也是至关重要的。网络基础设施领域是一个相对较新的跨学科领域，为所有学科提供了复杂的工具，因此有可能让来自许多不同研究领域的博士后参与进来。从这次研讨会中获得的任何信息都将是有价值的。NPA领导层定期与最新的博士后学者经验学术交流。NPA将能够为研讨会创建一个知情和理解的平台。广泛影响研讨会将产生一份关于会议过程的书面报告，将由NPA在其网站、会议上和通过其联系人广泛传播。从这次研讨会中获得的信息将产生更广泛的影响，并为全国博士后群体在所有研究领域提供见解。