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，建设一支包括代表性不足的少数群体的多元化科学工作队伍。科学学会促进下一代科学家发展联盟将借鉴社会科学领域的见解和原则，通过统一和整合总部设在美国的一大批国家和国际科学学会内已建立的包容性和多样性的有效做法，建立一个实践社区。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，为少数群体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工作者制定强有力的计划。将制定一套最佳做法和评估标准，并通过各种机制，包括会议、讲习班和在线数据库，向科学界提供，社会科学的研究结果（借鉴实践社区、社会认知职业理论、身份形成和文化资本的研究）提供了对代表性不足的少数群体科学家如何发展、做出选择和迎接挑战的见解。该项目将汇集参与科学学会的少数民族事务和多样性委员会沿着与社会科学专业人员和其他利益攸关方，整合他们的知识和经验，创建和传播一个统一的多样性计划数据库，一套标准的参考评估指标，并创建一个共享资源，最佳实践，和计划成果，以扩大在科学事业中代表性不足的少数民族的参与。

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.