Understanding the Impact Graduate Fellowships on Broadening Participation in GEO

讲习班力求制定国家战略和关键建议，使目前在地球科学领域服务不足的群体参与进来，包括来自关键地理区域的学生以及为经济和人口结构不同的人口提供服务的机构的学生。研讨会的努力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。该项目旨在为地球科学创建一个初始模型，该模型可以与其他STEM学科一起测试并应用于该学科。该项目还将阐明所需的数据，以提供对不同资助机制，特别是联邦研究生奖学金对研究生招生、留住和劳动力结果的影响的循证了解。本研讨会将解决两个总体目标：了解不同资助机制，特别是联邦研究生奖学金对研究生招生和劳动力结果的影响，以及学习如何利用研究生资助机制和有针对性的外联，扩大未被充分代表的人在STEM，特别是在地球科学领域的参与。研讨会将汇聚研究生教育、扩大参与、地球科学和相关联邦机构方面的思想领袖，目的是建议基于证据的战略，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的指导，指导他们如何利用研究生资助机制促进STEM学科的职业发展，重点是地球科学。拟议的讲习班有可能为填补任职人数不足的学生填补必要的专业发展差距开辟一条前进的道路，以便了解研究金对职业流动和准备工作的支持的价值。研修班应加深对研究生支持机制如何在地球科学和相关学科中带来更大多样性的理解。这一奖项反映了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 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.