GP-IMPACT: Professional Development Pathways to Diversifying the Geosciences Workforce

GP-IMPACT：地球科学劳动力多元化的专业发展途径

• 批准号: 1801569
• 负责人: Stephen Boss
• 金额: $ 34.98万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-15 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801569&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; IMPACT; Professional; Development; Pathways

Professional Development Pathways to Diversifying the Geosciences Workforce is a partnership between the University of Arkansas and the Geological Society of America (GSA) with assistance from UNAVCO and the University of Texas-Austin to broaden participation and increase inclusion in the global geosciences workforce. A primary objective is aiding progress of underrepresented minority students (URMs) toward employment in the national geosciences workforce, an area of critical national need. The project proposes to design professional development workshops intended to increase the quantity and quality of applications from URMs for internships or other professional opportunities (e.g. GeoCorps; Geoscientist-In-the-Parks, GIP; Research Experiences in Solid Earth Science for Students, RESESS, etc.). The objective is to aid URMs who are advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students to improve written and oral communication skills as expressed in written applications and/or interviews for internships/fellowships.The project is an extension of programs to broaden participation and increase inclusion of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in geosciences developed at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas and the Geological Society of America (GSA) with assistance from UNAVCO. The proposed effort will target URMs in GSA's On to the Future (OTF) initiative and offer financial support to participants to attend professional development workshops focused on acquiring soft skills (written and oral communication skills related to internship/fellowship applications) at multiple GSA conference venues (annual and geographic section meetings) annually. The primary goal of the proposed program is to provide URMs in the geosciences academic/career pipeline supplemental professional training to enhance the quantity and quality of internship/fellowship applications such that greater numbers of URMs are selected for these educational and professional experiences, ultimately aiding their transition to the geosciences workforce through acquisition of both technical and non-technical skills coveted by employers. A critical aspect of this experiment will be to track progress of URM participants and their success rate being selected for internships/fellowships as a consequence of participation in the proposed workshops. Project personnel are uniquely positioned to monitor this population over the next three years to determine how well they perform at this task and how they progress through the pathways to the national geoscience workforce. It is anticipated the project will support at least 40 participants annually (minimum of 120 over 3 years). Participants will be supported for 2nd and 3rd year experiences in an effort to greatly increase their retention and persistence in GSA and, by extension, the geosciences profession. Recurrent counseling, mentoring, education, training, and engagement with this cohort will help them establish a sense of community and belonging within the geosciences. This strategy is a well-documented best practice for promoting URM progress and ultimate success in STEM disciplines.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

地球科学工作队伍多样化的专业发展途径是阿肯色州大学和美国地质学会在联合国志愿人员组织和得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的协助下建立的伙伴关系，旨在扩大全球地球科学工作队伍的参与和包容性。一个主要目标是帮助代表性不足的少数民族学生（URM）在国家地球科学劳动力就业方面取得进展，这是国家迫切需要的一个领域。该项目提议设计专业发展讲习班，旨在提高来自统一资源管理机构的实习或其他专业机会申请的数量和质量（例如GeoCorps;公园地球科学家，GIP;学生固体地球科学研究经验，RESESS等）。其目的是帮助高级本科生或研究生的URM提高书面和口头沟通技能，如实习/奖学金的书面申请和/或面试中所表达的。该项目是扩大参与和增加在地球科学系开发的地球科学中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的计划的延伸，阿肯色州大学和美国地质学会（地质学会），并得到了联刚特派团的协助。拟议的工作将针对全球服务管理局“走向未来”倡议中的统一资源管理机制，并为参加者提供财政支助，使其每年参加在全球服务管理局多个会议地点（年度会议和地区会议）举办的专业发展讲习班，重点是获得软技能（与实习/研究金申请有关的书面和口头沟通技能）。拟议计划的主要目标是在地球科学学术/职业管道中提供URM补充专业培训，以提高实习/奖学金申请的数量和质量，以便为这些教育和专业经验选择更多的URM，最终帮助他们通过获得雇主梦寐以求的技术和非技术技能过渡到地球科学劳动力。这项试验的一个关键方面是跟踪统一资源管理参与者的进展情况，以及他们因参加拟议的讲习班而被选为实习/研究金的成功率。项目人员具有独特的地位，可以在未来三年内监测这一群体，以确定他们在这项任务中的表现以及他们如何通过国家地球科学工作人员的途径取得进展。预计该项目每年将支持至少40名参与者（3年内至少120名）。参与者将获得第二年和第三年的经验，以大大提高他们在GSA的保留和持久性，并通过扩展，地球科学专业。经常性的咨询，指导，教育，培训和参与这一群体将帮助他们建立社区和归属感在地球科学。该战略是促进URM进展和STEM学科最终成功的有据可查的最佳实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。