Understanding the Impact Graduate Fellowships on Broadening Participation in GEO

该研讨会旨在制定国家战略和关键建议，以吸引目前在地球科学领域服务不足的群体，包括来自关键地理区域和为经济和人口多样化人群提供服务的机构的学生。该研讨会旨在通过学习可以增加成功申请联邦研究生奖学金的可能性的方法来支持学生攻读地球科学研究生学位。该项目旨在创建一个可用于其他 STEM 学科测试和应用的地球科学初始模型。该项目还将阐明所需的数据，以提供基于证据的理解不同资助机制（特别是联邦研究生奖学金）对研究生招聘、保留和劳动力成果的影响。本次研讨会将讨论两个总体目标：了解不同资助机制（特别是联邦研究生奖学金）对研究生招聘和劳动力成果的影响，并了解如何利用研究生资助机制和有针对性的外展活动来扩大代表性不足的人群对 STEM（特别是地球科学）的参与。该研讨会将汇集研究生教育、扩大参与、地球科学和相关联邦机构的思想领袖，旨在推荐基于证据的策略，实现更大的数据透明度，并为奖学金申请者提供有针对性的申请支持。本次研讨会的主要成果将是为 UR 学生提供专业发展水平指导，指导他们如何利用研究生资助机制促进 STEM 学科（重点是地球科学）的职业发展。拟议的研讨会有可能为代表性不足的学生开辟一条填补必要的专业发展差距的道路，以了解奖学金支持对职业流动和准备的价值。该研讨会应该使人们更好地了解研究生支持机制如何导致地球科学和相关学科的更大多样性。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The workshop seeks to develop national strategies and key recommendations to engage groups currently under-served in the geosciences, including students from key geographic areas and at institutions that serve economically and demographically diverse populations. The workshop effort seeks to support students to pursue graduate degrees in the geosciences by learning about methods that could increase the likelihood of successful applications for Federal graduate fellowships. The project aims to create an initial model for the geosciences that can be tested with and applied to other STEM disciplines. The project will also elucidate the data needed to provide evidence-based understanding of the impacts of different funding mechanisms, especially federal graduate fellowships, on graduate student recruitment, retention and workforce outcomes.This workshop will address two overarching goals: To understand the impact of different funding mechanisms, especially federal graduate fellowships, on both graduate student recruitment and workforce outcomes, and to learn how to leverage graduate funding mechanisms and targeted outreach to broaden participation of under-represented people in STEM, particularly in the geosciences. The workshop will bring together thought leaders in graduate education, broadening participation, the geosciences, and relevant federal agencies, with the aim of recommending evidence-based strategies, achieving greater data transparency, and enabling targeted application support for fellowship applicants. The main outcome of this workshop will be to provide professional development level guidance for UR students on how to leverage graduate funding mechanisms for career advancement in STEM disciplines with an emphasis on the geosciences. The proposed workshop has the potential to develop a path forward for filling in a necessary professional development gap for underrepresented students to gain understanding in the value of fellowship support for career mobility and preparation. The workshop should yield an increased understanding of how graduate student support mechanisms can lead to greater diversity in the geosciences and related 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.