Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Tomorrows Scientists: Botany and Beyond (PLANTS III)

培养领导者和培育明天的科学家：植物学及其他领域（植物 III）

• 批准号: 2138730
• 负责人: Heather Cacanindin
• 金额: $ 125.49万
• 依托单位: Botanical Society of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-11-01 至 2026-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2138730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Leaders; Nurturing; Tomorrows; Scientists

The PLANTS III program will establish a series of annual workshops and activities to foster a mentoring network and community of interactions among faculty, and students, researchers, and career professionals in botany and allied disciplines with the goal of broadening participation in those disciplines. The Botanical Society of America (BSA) will lead this effort in support of a diverse and inclusive botanical community. By addressing plant awareness and cultivating a diverse and inclusive community of scientists, these activities can accelerate discovery, research and applied botanical sciences. These activites will engage the botanical community and professional botanical societies (e.g., BSA, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Society of Herbarium Curators) in a collaborative effort to engage a diverse community of undergraduates, early career professionals, and faculty to affect a more inclusive scientific community. The program will provide financial support for underrepresented students to engage with botany at multiple levels; provide several access points for students and faculty that have been historically excluded, to engage with the botanical sciences; and create a program and series of inclusive and accessible experiences that provide sustained personal and social connections supporting a diverse, inclusive and equitable botanical community. In addition, professional development workshops will provide faculty with evidence-based best practices of botanical science education, training for identifying barriers to equity and inclusion in a science classroom, and methods for engaging a diversity of students in the study of botanical science. All of these activities are critical to creating a diverse and inclusive 21st century workforce that will be charged with finding creative solutions to global challenges.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.

植物III计划将建立一系列的年度研讨会和活动，在植物学和相关学科的教师、学生、研究人员和职业专业人员之间建立一个指导网络和互动社区，以扩大这些学科的参与。美国植物学会（BSA）将领导这项工作，以支持一个多样化和包容性的植物社区。通过提高对植物的认识，培养一个多元化和包容性的科学家群体，这些活动可以加速植物科学的发现、研究和应用。这些活动将使植物界和专业植物学会（如BSA、美国植物分类学家协会、植物标本馆馆长协会）共同努力，使本科生、早期职业专业人员和教师组成一个多元化的社区，以影响一个更具包容性的科学社区。该项目将为代表性不足的学生提供经济支持，让他们在多个层面上接触植物学；为历史上被排除在外的学生和教师提供几个接入点，以参与植物科学；并创建一个项目和一系列包容性和可访问的体验，提供持续的个人和社会联系，支持多元化，包容性和公平的植物社区。此外，专业发展研讨会将为教师提供以证据为基础的植物科学教育的最佳实践，在科学课堂中识别公平和包容障碍的培训，以及吸引不同学生参与植物科学研究的方法。所有这些活动对于建立一支多样化和包容性的21世纪劳动力队伍至关重要，这支队伍将负责寻找应对全球挑战的创造性解决方案。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。