Collaborative Research: Enhancing MPOWIR to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Oceanography Workforce

合作研究：加强 MPOWIR 以建立多元化和包容性的海洋学队伍

• 批准号: 2148705
• 负责人: Mona Behl
• 金额: $ 14.7万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148705&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Enhancing; MPOWIR; Build

MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention) is a community-led program aimed at providing mentoring to junior women and other marginalized and underrepresented genders (herein referred to women+) in physical oceanography to improve their retention in the field. Since its inception in 2007, MPOWIR has made substantial contributions to decreasing the attrition of women+ physical oceanographers. However, MPOWIR’s work is far from being done. Shifting demographics, the impact of COVID-19 on the careers of women+, and longstanding structural inequities remain challenges to retention. This project would sustain and enhance MPOWIR for another 4 years. It seeks to improve retention through a series of interrelated objectives that include: (1) providing continuity of mentoring from a woman’s+ career transition from graduate school to postdoctoral years to the early years of her permanent job, (2) providing mentorship training to MPOWIR participants, (3) fostering a sense of community in physical oceanography, (4) broadening participation in MPOWIR by providing training and professional development opportunities to all those who self-identify as physical oceanographers, and (5) engaging a cross-section of stakeholders to develop a shared vision for the next decade of MPOWIR. To meet the needs and expectations of its stakeholders, MPOWIR aims to enhance its design by incorporating a few new initiatives to provide additional professional development opportunities and support to the community of mentors and peers that MPOWIR has helped build over the past 16 years, and lead to improvement in the overall culture of the physical oceanography community.Specifically, this funding supports the following MPOWIR activities:1. Pattullo Conference held biannually, brings ~25 junior women+ physical oceanographers together with 12 senior physical oceanographers of all genders for a 2.5 day meeting focused on discipline-based mentoring.2. Mentoring groups of ~6 junior and 2 senior women+ physical oceanographers meet for a monthly teleconference, for the purpose of confidential, personalized mentoring.3. MPOWIR website serves as a repository of resources for mentoring and physical oceanography careers.4. MPOWIR webinars and virtual discussions held semi-annually, focus on topics of particular interest to those in the early stages of a physical oceanographer’s first position, provide continued support for previous participants, expand gender neutral participation, and connect to the broader scientific community.5. Townhalls held at large conferences, such as the Ocean Sciences Meeting, provide a forum for dissemination of information and communication with the whole oceanographic community.6. Databases and surveys are conducted to assess the effectiveness of MPOWIR activities, determine community mentoring needs, and evaluate progress in retention.7. NEW - Mentorship training for mentors and mentees who participate in MPOWIR.8. NEW - Virtual Professional Development Conference held in the intervening years between Pattullo conferences with the aim of broadening participation, expanding training, and networking opportunities.9. NEW - External program evaluation and strategic planning to assess the impact of MPOWIR and establish a shared vision with the oceanographic community for the next decade of the program.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.

MPOWIR（指导物理海洋学妇女以提高保留率）是一个社区主导的项目，旨在为初级妇女和其他被边缘化和代表性不足的性别（以下简称“妇女+”）提供物理海洋学方面的指导，以提高她们在该领域的保留率。自2007年成立以来，MPOWIR为减少女性+物理海洋学家的流失做出了重大贡献。然而，MPOWIR的工作还远远没有完成。人口结构变化、2019冠状病毒病对女性职业生涯的影响以及长期存在的结构性不平等，仍然是挽留女性的挑战。该项目将维持和加强MPOWIR再持续4年。它力求通过一系列相互关联的目标来提高保留率，这些目标包括：(1)为女性从研究生到博士后再到正式工作早期的职业过渡提供持续的指导；(2)为MPOWIR参与者提供指导培训；(3)培养物理海洋学的社区意识；(4)通过为所有自认为是物理海洋学家的人提供培训和职业发展机会，扩大MPOWIR的参与范围。(5)召集各利益攸关方，为MPOWIR未来十年制定共同愿景。为了满足其利益相关者的需求和期望，MPOWIR旨在通过纳入一些新的举措来加强其设计，为MPOWIR在过去16年中帮助建立的导师和同行社区提供额外的专业发展机会和支持，并改善物理海洋学社区的整体文化。具体来说，这笔资金支持下列妇女权利和方案方案活动：Pattullo会议每两年举行一次，将约25名初级女性+物理海洋学家与12名所有性别的高级物理海洋学家一起参加为期2.5天的会议，重点讨论基于学科的指导。由6名初级和2名高级女性+物理海洋学家组成的指导小组每月举行一次远程会议，目的是保密，个性化指导。MPOWIR网站是指导和物理海洋学职业的资源库。MPOWIR每半年举办一次网络研讨会和虚拟讨论，重点关注那些初任物理海洋学家的人特别感兴趣的主题，为以前的参与者提供持续的支持，扩大性别中立的参与，并与更广泛的科学界建立联系。在诸如海洋科学会议之类的大型会议上举行的市政厅为整个海洋学界传播信息和交流提供了一个论坛。进行数据库和调查，以评估MPOWIR活动的有效性，确定社区指导需求，并评估保留方面的进展。新-为参加mpowir的导师和被指导者提供指导培训。新-虚拟专业发展会议在Pattullo会议之间举行，目的是扩大参与，扩大培训和网络机会。新-外部项目评估和战略规划，以评估MPOWIR的影响，并与海洋学界建立项目未来十年的共同愿景。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。