Diversifying geochemistry – travel support for students from under-represented constituencies to attend the Goldschmidt Conference; 2020-2022

就代表不足的族裔群体(美国政府定义为非洲裔美国人、拉美裔美国人、美洲原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民、阿拉斯加原住民)的人的参与而言，地球科学是STEM领域中多样性最小的领域之一。此外，研究表明，在他们这一代人中第一个上大学的本科生，比他们的多所大学一代人更不可能追求研究和更高的学位。因为有充分的证据表明，让不同的团队研究一个问题会带来更大的创新，因此扩大对地球科学研究的参与并扩大该领域的多样性是很重要的。V.M.戈德施密特会议是主要的国际地球化学会议。这一年度会议在欧洲会场(由欧洲地球化学协会组织)和北美、亚洲或澳大利亚会场(由地球化学会组织)之间交替举行。为了增加地球化学家的多样性，该项目的资金将支持来自代表性不足群体的学生参加Goldschmidt会议，以便他们可以了解该领域的最新进展，会见未来的导师和雇主，并介绍他们自己的研究。NSF的资金将与地球化学会的资金相匹配，以支持以下人口统计数字：1)属于代表性不足的种族群体的学生，2)在不提供博士学位课程的学院和大学注册的学生，他们的导师不太可能有赠款资金来支持学生参加会议，3)在任何高等教育机构的本科生是他们这一代人中第一个上大学的学生。该计划的结果将每年进行跟踪，以确定它可能对在地球化学领域实现更大多样性的任何影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Geosciences is among the least diverse of the STEM fields in terms of participation of people from underrepresented ethnic groups (defined by the US government as African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Hawai’ians and Pacific Islanders, Native Alaskans). In addition, studies have shown that undergraduate students who are the first in their generation to attend college are much less likely than their multi-college generation cohorts to pursue research and advanced degrees. Because it is well-documented that having heterogeneous teams working on a problem brings greater innovation, it is important to expand participation in geoscience research and broaden diversity in the field. The V.M. Goldschmidt Conference is the premier international meeting for geochemistry. This annual Conference alternates between European venues (organized by the European Association of Geochemistry) and venues in North America, Asia, or Australia (organized by the Geochemical Society). In order to increase the diversity of geochemists, the funding from this project will support the participation of students from underrepresented groups to attend the Goldschmidt Conference so that they may learn about the most recent advances in the field, meet future mentors and employers, and present their own research. The NSF funding will be matched by funds from the Geochemical Society in order to support the following demographics: 1) students who are members of underrepresented ethnic groups, 2) students matriculating in colleges and universities that do not offer doctorate programs and where their advisors and unlikely to have grant funding to support the student’s conference attendance, 3) undergraduate students at any institution of higher education who are the first in their generation to attend college. Outcomes of the program will be tracked from year to year in order to determine any effects it may have had on achieving greater diversity within geochemistry.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.