Mentoring Institute for Sediment Transport (MIST) for Early Career Professionals at the 2023 EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress and the AGU Fall Meeting

该项目旨在打破来自不同科学和工程学科的沉积物研究人员之间专业互动有限以及地球科学和工程学科缺乏多样性的障碍。鉴于气候变化将产生更严重的自然灾害，对弱势群体造成不成比例的影响，包括在地球科学和工程领域代表性通常不足的群体，因此必须汇集一批能够应对这一日益增多的环境挑战的多样化研究人员。该旅行奖开发了一个沉积物运输研究人员指导研究所（MIST），将科学和工程领导者（导师）与早期职业专业人士（学员）联系起来。旅行资金将支持25名早期职业学员参加2023年ASCE EWRI世界环境和水资源大会或2023年AGU秋季会议。这种支持将使学员能够参加这些会议期间的年度辅导会议之一，它将启动未来的MIST活动。MIST旨在成为一个包容性的机构，包括种族，性别和导师和学员之间的民族多样性。MIST是一个虚拟网络，将导师-学术界，政府机构和行业中有成就的专业人士-与早期职业阶段的学员联系起来，包括终身或非终身教职的教师，非营利机构或联邦实验室的研究人员，博士后学者和学生，重点关注代表性不足的群体。MIST将与其他指导网络合作，包括AGU地球和行星表面过程部分的学生指导计划和Mentoring 365（chronus.com）。将在拟议的会议之前招募学员，目标是代表性不足的专业人员和少数民族服务机构的学生，并通过妇女推进河流研究研讨会系列等机制进行广告宣传。MIST还将创建一个合格的导师名单，他们拥有技术知识和热情来指导学员。在会议之前，MIST将与导师匹配学员。在EWRI和AGU秋季会议上，学员将参加技术会议，重点介绍最先进的泥沙输运研究，并将参加面对面的年度指导会议。MIST旨在帮助学员成为科学和工程领域的未来领导者。通过这些活动，该项目预计：1）在一份著名的期刊上出版一份特刊，刊登会议上选定的学员和导师论文; 2）促进两个专业学会之间的合作; 3）创建一个包容性的，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估，被认为值得支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This project aims to break barriers of limited professional interaction among sediment researchers from different science and engineering disciplines and the lack of diversity in both geoscience and engineering disciplines. Given that climate change will produce more severe natural disasters that will disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, including groups typically underrepresented in geoscience and engineering fields, it is critical to bring together a diverse group of researchers capable of tackling this growing set of environmental challenges. This travel award develops a Mentoring Institute for Sediment Transport researchers (MIST) to connect science and engineering leaders (mentors) with early career professionals (mentees). Travel funding will support 25 early-career mentees to attend the 2023 ASCE EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress or the 2023 AGU Fall Meeting. This support will enable mentees to attend an annual mentoring meeting during one of these conferences, and it will kick off future MIST activities.MIST aims to be an inclusive institute consisting of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity among mentors and mentees. MIST is a virtual network that connects mentors — accomplished professionals in academia, governmental agencies, and industries — with mentees in early career stages, including tenure or non-tenure track faculty, researchers in non-profit institutions or federal laboratories, postdoctoral scholars, and students, with a focus on individuals from underrepresented groups. MIST will collaborate with other mentoring networks including the Student Mentoring Program in the AGU Earth and Planetary Surface Processes section and Mentoring365 (chronus.com). Mentees will be recruited prior to the proposed conferences, targeting underrepresented professionals and students from Minority Serving Institutions, and advertising via mechanisms such as the Women Advancing River Research Seminar Series. MIST will also create a list of qualified mentors who have technical knowledge and enthusiasm to guide mentees. Prior to the conference, MIST will match mentees with mentors. At the EWRI and AGU Fall meetings, mentees will participate in technical sessions highlighting state-of-the-art research in sediment transport and will also participate in an in-person annual mentoring meeting. MIST aims to help the mentees to become future leaders in science and engineering. Through these activities, the project expects to 1) publish a special issue in a reputable journal of selected mentee and mentor papers from the conferences, 2) foster collaborations across two professional societies, and 3) create an inclusive, diverse mentoring network for early career professionals.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.