Diversifying the Geosciences: Travel awards for students to attend SACNAS and GSA 2015 Annual Meetings

地球科学多元化：为参加 SACNAS 和 GSA 2015 年年会的学生提供旅行奖励

• 批准号: 1550439
• 负责人: Dena Smith
• 金额: $ 5.19万
• 依托单位: The Geological Society of America, Inc.
• 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 2016-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550439&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diversifying; Geosciences; Travel; awards; students

The Geological Society of America (GSA) in partnership with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), Incorporated Research Institute for Seismology (IRIS), the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and the STEPPE Coordinating Office will support the travel of 25 undergraduate and/or graduate students to attend the SACNAS and GSA national conferences that are occurring consecutively in the Washington/Baltimore region, 29-31 October (SACNAS) and 1-4 November (GSA). These meetings will offer students exposure to new geoscience discoveries and encourage students to build personal networks within the scientific and professional community that may lead to internships, careers, postdoc, employment, or other educational/research opportunities. It is anticipated that through intensive participation in both meetings, students will be encouraged to consider the geosciences as a viable career option. At the conclusion of the project, students will be asked to collaborate together to compose an article that will highlight the value of attending the meetings. Project collaborators also will synthesize evaluative survey responses from this project and disseminate both these results and the student article via relevant publications.The SACNAS meeting is distinctive because it is the largest minority scientific meeting in the nation, welcoming over 3,800 attendees a year. Sessions include career focused roundtable discussions, keynote speakers, oral poster presentations, and a variety of professional development sessions targeted at a student's specific educational level. The GSA meeting is attended by over 6,000 professionals and consists of 4,000+ speakers and 200+ technical sessions, 20 short courses, and 30+ geoscientific field trips. As a result of attending both meetings, it is anticipated that students will better understand the diversity and complexity of the field of geoscience and its related career pathways.

美国地质学会（GSA）与美国地球科学研究所（AGI）合作，成立研究所地震学研究所（IRIS），奇卡诺斯和美国原住民科学促进学会（SACNAS）（SACNAS）（SACNAS），沉积地理学学会（SEPM）以及STEPPE协调的教师和25岁的教师和/熟悉的教师和/熟悉的学生，并/熟悉的学生参加。 10月29日至31日在华盛顿/巴尔的摩地区连续发生的民族会议（SACNAS）和11月1日至4日（GSA）。这些会议将为学生提供新的地球科学发现，并鼓励学生在科学和专业社区中建立个人网络，这可能会导致实习，职业，博士后，就业或其他教育/研究机会。预计，通过大量参与这两次会议，将鼓励学生将地球科学视为可行的职业选择。在项目结束时，将要求学生合作，撰写一篇文章，该文章将重点介绍参加会议的价值。项目合作者还将综合该项目的评估调查回答，并通过相关出版物分发这些结果和学生文章。SACNAS会议是与众不同的，因为它是美国最大的少数民族科学会议，每年欢迎超过3,800名与会者。会议包括以职业为中心的圆桌讨论，主题演讲者，口头海报演示以及针对学生特定教育水平的各种专业发展课程。 GSA会议由6,000多名专业人员参加，由4,000多个演讲者和200多个技术会议，20个短期课程和30多次地球科学实地考察组成。参加两次会议的结果是，预计学生将更好地了解地球科学领域及其相关职业途径的多样性和复杂性。