Understanding the Impact Graduate Fellowships on Broadening Participation in GEO

该讲习班旨在制定国家战略和主要建议，以吸引目前在地球科学方面服务不足的群体，包括来自主要地理区域和为经济和人口多样化人口服务的机构的学生。讲习班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，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，可以与其他STEM学科进行测试并应用于其他STEM学科。该项目还将阐明所需的数据，以提供基于证据的理解不同的资助机制，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。本次研讨会将解决两个首要目标：为了了解不同的资助机制，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，并学习如何利用研究生资助机制和有针对性的外联活动，以扩大在STEM，特别是在地球科学中代表性不足的人的参与。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战略，实现更大的数据透明度，并为奖学金申请人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开辟一条前进的道路，填补代表性不足的学生在专业发展方面的必要差距，使他们了解研究金支助对职业流动和准备的价值。研讨会应产生如何研究生支持机制可以导致地球科学和相关学科的多样性增加的理解。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

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.