Alliance of Scientific Societies for the Development of the Next Generation of Scientists

该项目的重点是通过协调和整合专业科学学会的努力，建立一支包括代表性不足的少数民族在内的多元化科学队伍。促进下一代科学家发展的科学社团联盟将借鉴社会科学领域的见解和原则，通过统一和整合已建立的有效实践，建立一个实践社区，以美国为基地，在一个庞大的国家和国际科学社团中实现包容性和多样性。该联盟的目标是在各组织中制定创新、有效和战略性的计划，为少数民族成员提供参与科学事业的机会，并为招聘和留住多样化的科学劳动力建立健全的计划。将制定一套最佳做法和评价标准，并通过各种机制，包括会议、讲习班和联机数据库，向科学界提供。来自社会科学的发现（借鉴了实践社区、社会认知职业理论、身份形成和文化资本的研究）提供了对未被充分代表的少数族裔科学家如何发展、做出选择和应对挑战的见解。该项目将汇集参与科学协会的少数民族事务和多样性委员会，以及社会科学专业人士和其他利益相关者，整合他们的知识和经验，创建和传播一个统一的多样性项目数据库，一套标准的评估指标参考，并创造一个共享资源、最佳实践、以及扩大未被充分代表的少数民族参与科学事业的项目成果。

This project is focused on building a diverse scientific workforce inclusive of underrepresented minorities by coordinating and integrating the efforts of professional scientific societies. The Alliance of Scientific Societies for the Development of the Next Generation of Scientists will draw upon insights and principles from the field of social science to build a Community of Practice by unifying and integrating the established effective practices for inclusion and diversity within a large group of national and international scientific societies based in the US. The goals of this Alliance are to create innovative, effective and strategic plans across organizations to offer members of minorities the opportunity to participate in the scientific enterprise, and to establish robust programs for the recruitment and retention of a diverse scientific workforce. A set of best practices and evaluation metrics will be developed and made available to the scientific community by a variety of mechanisms including conferences, workshops and on-line databases.Findings from the social sciences (drawing upon research in communities of practice, social cognitive career theory, identity formation, and cultural capital) provide insights into how underrepresented minority scientists develop, make choices, and meet challenges. This project will bring together the Minority Affairs and Diversity Committees of participating scientific societies along with social science professionals and other stakeholders to integrate their knowledge and experience to create and disseminate a unified database of diversity programs, a standard reference set of evaluation metrics, and create a context in which to share resources, best practices, and program outcomes to broaden participation of underrepresented minorities in the scientific enterprise.