PLANTS II: Increasing the diversity of plant scientists

植物 II：增加植物科学家的多样性

• 批准号: 1549708
• 负责人: Ann Sakai
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Botanical Society of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1549708&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PLANTS; II; Increasing; diversity; plant

This award will provide support for 12 students (10-11 undergraduate students, 1-2 graduate students) per year from diverse backgrounds to attend the annual meetings of the Botanical Society of America (BSA). The goal is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups who attend these meetings and to increase their motivation to complete advanced degrees in the plant sciences. The PLANTS (Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Tomorrow's Scientists) program supports a mentoring network of graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty who assist the students before, during and after the meetings. The program promotes retention of students in graduate school by encouraging the academic development of those in the pipeline (including but not limited to PLANTS alumni), encouraging them to serve as role models and mentors, and to participate in other PLANTS activities (e.g., panel workshops, admissions committees). Recognizing that the vitality of the discipline depends upon inclusion of people from the broadest possible base, and given the low diversity of the membership within the plant sciences, the BSA actively seeks to increase participation of underrepresented groups. The BSA includes a broad membership, with members with different ages, types of institutions, and academic areas. This breadth offers far-reaching opportunities for students to explore their interests in the plant sciences and to broaden their career opportunities. Greater visible involvement and engagement of all BSA members in these activities emphasizes to all the critical need for continued diversity recruitment for the vitality of the disciplineAt the annual meeting, each undergraduate is assigned a peer mentor (usually a graduate student), and a senior mentor (post-doctoral scholar, faculty, or other professional). The student and mentors determine the talks of greatest interest to the student, attend and discuss the content of those talks together, attend required activities and networking events together, and mentors introduce students to faculty, postdocs, and students in their academic field. The PLANTS graduate students serve as peer mentors and role models. The mentors not only interpret the content of scientific talks to students, but also point out their broader relevance and pass on to students the genuine intellectual excitement and involvement of the conference participants. Required sessions include research talks, professional development workshops (e.g., how to apply to graduate school, careers in the plant sciences), and application of the plant sciences to societal needs.

该奖项将提供支持1 - 2名学生（10-11名本科生，1-2名研究生），每年从不同的背景参加美国植物学会（BSA）的年会。目标是增加参加这些会议的代表性不足群体的学生人数，并提高他们完成植物科学高级学位的动力。植物（准备领导人和培养明天的科学家）计划支持研究生，博士后学者和教师谁协助学生之前，期间和之后的会议指导网络。该计划通过鼓励管道中的学生（包括但不限于PLANTS校友）的学术发展，鼓励他们作为榜样和导师，并参加其他PLANTS活动（例如，小组研讨会，招生委员会）。认识到该学科的活力取决于人们从尽可能广泛的基础上的包容性，并考虑到植物科学内的成员多样性低，BSA积极寻求增加代表性不足的群体的参与。BSA包括一个广泛的成员，与不同年龄，机构类型和学术领域的成员。这种广度为学生提供了深远的机会，探索他们对植物科学的兴趣，并扩大他们的职业机会。更明显的参与和参与所有BSA成员在这些活动中强调所有的持续多样性招聘学科的活力的关键需要在年会上，每个本科生被分配一个同行导师（通常是研究生），和一个高级导师（博士后学者，教师或其他专业）。学生和导师确定学生最感兴趣的谈话，一起参加并讨论这些谈话的内容，一起参加所需的活动和网络活动，导师向学生介绍教师，博士后和学生在他们的学术领域。植物研究生作为同行的导师和榜样。导师不仅向学生解释科学讲座的内容，而且还指出其更广泛的相关性，并向学生传递与会者真正的智力兴奋和参与。所需的会议包括研究会谈，专业发展讲习班（例如，如何申请研究生院，植物科学的职业），以及植物科学对社会需求的应用。