EAGER: Full STEAM Ahead: Powering Connections Among Different Generations of Geoscientists

为了扩大NSF GOLD计划的成功，这个“全速前进”项目旨在通过一个创新的混合指导计划来改善地球科学的职业发展和归属感，该计划将来自成功的联邦教育计划（例如，NOAA教育伙伴计划）的早期职业领导者与来自学术界，政府机构，工业界和其他地球科学组织的成熟领导者（“多样性冠军”）配对。跨世代的地球科学参与者将沉浸在多个虚拟平台中，这些平台利用尖端的教育技术，并允许在任何地点初始化和培养指导关系。此外，指导经验将在专业发展会议上达到高潮，该会议整合了强大的社会科学组成部分。虚拟和面对面的指导不仅对建立多样化的地球科学领导者群体至关重要，而且还提供了以劳动力发展为中心的机会，网络丰富活动，以及有效的指导和建议技术和/或最佳实践。该项目旨在利用包括NOAA EPP和前GOLD项目参与者在内的强大的多样化网络，以推动下一代地球科学领导者全面前进。Full Steam Ahead项目建议为面对面和虚拟平台开发网络和指导活动。活动的一般内容包括：1)参与者导向-会议将为参与者提供工具（例如，最佳实践，在线课程），以发展有效的指导关系。2)职业和劳动力发展-专题讨论会和小组讨论，以促进如何在工作场所导航，微侵犯，工作场所的技术，工作场所的情商，以及跨文化/组织沟通动态。3)社会心理支持-专题讨论会和小组讨论会将重点讨论社会心理支持、心理健康、处理冒名顶替综合症、一般情感支持、身份和归属感以及角色塑造的重要性。4)网络丰富活动-导师和学员将参加见面会和问候招待会和团队建设活动，以促进关系和建立联系。选择这些活动是为了为地球科学界各部门（如政府机构、学术界、工业界、非政府组织）的参与者提供独特的导师和交流机会，并通过跨学科的项目设计和研究方法加强地球科学与社会科学之间的合作。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

To expand upon the success of NSF’s GOLD Program, this "Full Steam Ahead" project seeks to improve career progression and sense of belonging in the geosciences through an innovative, hybrid mentoring program which pairs early-career leaders from a successful federal education program (e.g., the NOAA Educational Partnership Program) with established leaders (“champions for diversity”) from academe, government agencies, industry, and other geoscience organizations. Participants across the generations of geoscience will be immersed in multiple virtual platforms that leverage cutting-edge educational technology and allow mentoring relationships to be initialized and cultivated regardless of location. In addition, the mentoring experience will culminate in a professional development conference that integrates a strong social science component. Virtual and in-person mentoring is essential to not only establish a cohort of diverse geoscience leaders, but also to provide opportunities centered on workforce development, network enrichment activities, as well as effective mentorship and advisement techniques and/or best practices. This project seeks to leverage strong diverse networks that include the NOAA EPP and former GOLD project participants in order to drive the next generation of geoscience leaders full STEAM ahead.The Full Steam Ahead project proposes to develop networking and mentorship activities for both in-person and virtual platforms. The general elements of activities will include: 1) Participant orientation - sessions will provide participants with tools (e.g., best practices, online curriculum) for developing effective mentoring relationships, 2) Career and Workforce development - symposia and panels to facilitate discussions about how to navigate the workplace, microaggressions, technology in the workplace, emotional intelligence in the workplace, and intercultural/organizational communication dynamics, 3) Psychosocial support - symposia and panels will focus on the importance of psychosocial support, mental health, dealing with imposter syndrome, general emotional support, identity and sense of belonging, and role modeling, and 4) Networking enrichment activities - mentors and mentees will participate in Meet and Greet receptions and team building activities to foster relationships and build connections. These activities were selected to foster unique mentor and networking opportunities for participants across sectors in the geoscience community (e.g., government agencies, academe, industry, NGOs), and strengthen collaboration between geosciences and social sciences through an interdisciplinary project design and research approach.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.