MPS-ASCEND EM: A Postdoc Community of Mentoring and Networking

MPS-ASCEND EM：指导和网络的博士后社区

• 批准号: 2220322
• 负责人: Michael Young
• 金额: $ 99.71万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2220322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MPS; ASCEND; EM; Postdoc; Community

With support of the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Drs. Michael Young of Carnegie Mellon University, Pamela Harris of Williams College, Jennifer Ross and Moses Ntam of Tuskegee University and Tera Jordan of the Iowa State University form the core leadership team that will provide mentorship and other support to the first two cohorts of the MPS-Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellows. The MPS-Ascend funding mechanism (NSF 21-573 and NSF 22-501) is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with experience in research that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, and help broadening participation within MPS fields. The purpose of the MPS-Ascend External Mentorship program is to support these postdoctoral Fellows who will broaden the participation of groups that are underrepresented in MPS fields in the U.S. including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Native Pacific Islanders. This team will develop a network of mentors and sponsors who will enhance the Fellows’ professional preparation and equip them for leadership roles as equity-focused scholars. The community will function using a layered mentor approach that connects the fellows with one-on-one, peer, and volunteer expert mentors. Through professional development and learning activities, as well as interaction with mentors, the Fellows will be prepared for career success.This effort will bring together a diverse group of educators with experience in math and physical sciences (MPS) as well as social sciences to provide MPS postdoctoral fellows with mentoring experiences that will strengthen their career preparation. The knowledge gained through this project will help to contribute to higher education and science literature regarding promising practices related to preparing postdoctoral fellows for successful professional experiences and seamless transition into the academic arena. This project will develop future faculty and industry leaders who will understand the importance of providing holistic mentoring to support postdoctoral fellows. The planned professional experiences of the postdoctoral fellows will equip them to interact with people from all backgrounds and contribute to broadening the participation of individuals from historically underrepresented groups.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.

在数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）的支持下。卡内基梅隆大学的迈克尔·杨、威廉姆斯学院的帕梅拉·哈里斯、塔斯基吉大学的詹妮弗·罗斯和摩西·恩塔姆以及爱荷华州立大学的特拉·乔丹组成了核心领导团队，将为前两批进入mps的博士后研究员提供指导和其他支持。MPS- ascend资助机制（NSF 21-573和NSF 22-501）旨在表彰具有重大潜力的初级研究人员，并为他们提供拓宽视野、促进跨学科互动的研究经验，并帮助扩大MPS领域的参与。MPS- ascend外部指导计划的目的是支持这些博士后，他们将扩大在美国MPS领域代表性不足的群体的参与，包括黑人或非裔美国人，西班牙裔，拉丁裔，美洲原住民，阿拉斯加原住民，夏威夷原住民和其他土著太平洋岛民。这个团队将建立一个导师和赞助者的网络，他们将加强研究员的专业准备，并为他们作为关注股权的学者的领导角色做好准备。该社区将采用分层的导师方式，将学员与一对一的、同行的和志愿的专家导师联系起来。通过专业发展和学习活动，以及与导师的互动，研究员将为职业成功做好准备。这项工作将汇集具有数学和物理科学（MPS）以及社会科学经验的各种教育工作者，为MPS博士后提供指导经验，以加强他们的职业准备。通过该项目获得的知识将有助于为高等教育和科学文献做出贡献，这些有前途的实践与准备博士后获得成功的专业经验和无缝过渡到学术领域有关。该项目将培养未来的教师和行业领袖，他们将理解为博士后提供全面指导的重要性。计划中的博士后专业经验将使他们能够与各种背景的人互动，并有助于扩大历史上代表性不足的群体的个人参与。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。