Conference: Symposium - SICB 2023 - Visions for a Diverse, Inclusive, and Safe Future for Field Biology

该奖项支持在综合与比较生物学学会（SICB） 2023年年会上举办的题为“展望野外生物学的多样化、包容性和安全的未来”的研讨会。共有11位研讨会发言人将介绍在现场环境中识别障碍、倡导和促进包容性和安全性。奖金主要用于补偿研讨会参与者的旅费。研讨会的最后将讨论如何为具有不同身份的科学家增加包容性和获得实地学科的机会。为了促进野外生物学的多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI），本次研讨会有三个主要目标：(1)引起对该主题当前问题的关注；(2)促进学者和科学家之间富有成效的对话；(3)产生有关该主题的学术工作，以进一步交流该领域的知识。通过解决当前问题和领域生物学安全性和包容性的新领域，本次研讨会挑战与会者解决自己的行为，找到改善制度政策的方法，并将领域生物学的文化转向更加多样化和包容性的未来。本次研讨会的成果将包括一份白皮书，概述了在基于领域的STEM学科中推进DEI工作的最佳实践。该奖项提供了一个研讨会的支持，重点是促进DEI领域的生物学在社会的综合和比较生物学（SICB）的年度会议，在奥斯汀举行，得克萨斯州2023年1月。研讨会发言人包括来自不同背景和实地工作经验的科学家；演讲者的选择突出了不同学者实地工作的挑战，并提供了一个促进讨论和探索所提出挑战的解决方案的场所。具体来说，演讲者的演讲内容包括：(1)包容和准入的障碍，(2)倡导该领域的无障碍和包容性，以及(3)对更无障碍的未来的愿景。研讨会的结构将挑战与会者解决自己的行为，找到改善制度政策的方法，并将野外生物学的文化转向更加多样化和包容性的未来。研讨会以“画廊漫步”和讨论结束，由一名训练有素的DEI主持人主持，以产生改善现场科学安全性、包容性和获取的想法。该项目将生成一份白皮书报告，由研讨会组织者和演讲者共同撰写，概述了在基于领域的STEM学科中推进DEI工作的最佳实践。每位研讨会演讲者还承诺提交一份手稿在《综合与比较生物学》杂志上发表，以传播研讨会的结果。该奖项由综合有机体系统生物学部的动物行为、生理机制和生物力学项目以及生物基础设施生物学部的野外站项目共同资助。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。

This award supports a symposium, “Envisioning a Diverse, Inclusive, and Safe Future for Field Biology,” at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). A total of 11 symposium speakers will present on identifying barriers, advocacy, and promoting inclusivity and safety in field settings. The award primarily offsets travel expenses for symposium participants. The symposium will close with a discussion to generate ideas for increasing inclusivity and access to field-based disciplines for scientists with diverse identities. This symposium has three key aims toward promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in field biology: (1) bringing attention to current issues on the topic, (2) facilitating productive dialogue between scholars and scientists, and (3) generating scholarly work on the subject to further the exchange of knowledge in this area. By addressing current issues and new frontiers in field biology safety and inclusivity, this symposium challenges attendees to address their own behavior, find ways to improve institutional policies, and shift the culture of field biology toward a more diverse and inclusive future. Outcomes from this symposium will include a white paper outlining best practices for advancing DEI efforts in field-based STEM disciplines. This award provides support for a symposium focused on promoting DEI in field biology at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), held in Austin, TX in January 2023. Symposium speakers include scientists from various backgrounds and experiences in field work; speaker selection spotlights the challenges of field work for diverse scholars and provides a place for facilitated discussion and exploration of solutions to the challenges presented. Specifically, speaker presentations address: (1) barriers to inclusion and access, (2) advocating for accessibility and inclusion in the field, and (3) visions for a more accessible future. The symposium structure will challenge attendees to address their own behavior, find ways to improve institutional policies, and shift the culture of field biology toward a more diverse and inclusive future. The symposium concludes with a “gallery walk” and discussion, moderated by a trained DEI facilitator, to generate ideas for improving field science safety, inclusivity, and access. This project will generate a white paper report, coauthored by symposium organizers and speakers, outlining best practices for advancing DEI efforts in field-based STEM disciplines. Each symposium speaker has also committed to submitting a manuscript for publication in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology to disseminate results of the symposium.This award is co-funded by the Animal Behavior and the Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics programs in the BIO Division of Integrative Organismal Systems and the Field Stations program in the BIO Division of Biological Infrastructure.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.