IOS BP: APS IOSP Fellows - Broadening Participation Through Research Experiences and Professional Socialization

美国生理学会（APS）将通过与APS比较与进化生理科（CEPS）成员一起建立一个年度代表性不足（UR）的本科生队列，从事IOS研究，以解决生理学家进行综合有机体系统（IOS）生物学研究中增加多样性的关键需求。APS将利用其现有项目的优势，为增加IOS领域多样性的具体需求创造长期解决方案。这些研究员将在夏季进行研究，出席APS会议，通过在线专业发展活动获得技能，并通过APS的社交媒体和生理理解周成为IOS研究的支持者。APS希望iops研究员成为IOS专业社区的积极参与者，并将评估该奖学金的短期和长期影响。该项目将增加UR学生参与ios相关研究的人数；在大学学生和研究人员之间建立专业的支持网络；并增加目标学生群体对IOS职业的理解和兴趣。APS还将创建一个资源集，以支持研究实验室中的残疾学生。这些资料将通过美国科学院国家科学与发展实验室的数字图书馆——教学资源档案（www.apsarchive.org）免费提供。由于STEM领域的多样性是国家的迫切需要，该项目将创建和评估资源，以提高研究主持人与来自不同背景、不同需求和资源的大学学生合作的技能，使大学本科生参与研究经验、专业社交活动、作为公众科学的倡导者。这将为其他科学学会在其正在进行的多样性工作中确定和解决具体需求提供一个模式，并将在PI会议上与科学界分享。

The American Physiological Society (APS) will address critical needs for increased diversity among physiologists conducting integrative organismal systems (IOS) biology research by building an annual cohort of underrepresented (UR) undergraduate students engaged in IOS research working with members of APS' Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section (CEPS).APS will build on the strengths of its existing programs to create long-term solutions to specific needs for increasing diversity in the IOS field. The APS IOSP Fellows will conduct research during the summer, present at APS conferences, gain skills through online professional development activities, and become proponents for IOS research via APS' social media outlets and Physiology Understanding Week. APS expects IOSP Fellows to become active participants in the IOS professional community and will evaluate both short- and long-term impacts of the Fellowship. The project will increase the number of UR students participating in IOS-related research; develop a professional network of support among UR students and researchers; and increase understanding of, and interest in IOS careers among the target group of students.APS will also create a resource collection on supporting students with disabilities in the research lab. The collection will be freely available via APS' NSDL digital library, the Archive of Teaching Resources (www.apsarchive.org).With diversity as a national imperative in STEM fields, this project will create and evaluate resources to improve research hosts' skills in working with UR students from broad backgrounds and with diverse needs and resources for engaging UR undergraduates in research experiences, in professional socialization activities, and as advocates for science to the general public. This will provide a model for other scientific societies in identifying and addressing specific needs in their ongoing diversity efforts, which will be shared with the community at the PI meeting.