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有限的专业互动的障碍，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，这将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通常代表性较低的群体，因此至关重要的是将能够应对这一日益增长的环境挑战的不同研究人员群体聚集在一起。该旅行奖建立了泥沙输运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(导师)联系起来。旅行资金将支持25名职业早期导师参加2023年ASCEWRI世界环境与水资源大会或2023年AGU秋季会议。这一支持将使被辅导者能够在其中一次会议期间参加年度辅导会议，并将启动未来的迷雾活动。MIST的目标是成为一个由导师和被辅导者的种族、性别和民族多样性组成的包容性研究所。MIST是一个虚拟网络，它将导师--学术界、政府机构和行业中有成就的专业人士--与职业生涯早期阶段的被辅导者联系起来，包括终身教职或非终身教职跟踪教师、非营利性机构或联邦实验室的研究人员、博士后学者和学生，重点关注来自代表性不足群体的个人。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Mentoring365(chronus.com)。将在拟议的会议之前招募受训者，目标是任职人数不足的专业人员和少数群体服务机构的学生，并通过妇女促进河流研究研讨会系列等机制进行宣传。MIST还将创建一份合格导师名单，这些导师具有技术知识和热情来指导学员。大会前，MIST将为学员配对导师。在EWRI和AGU秋季会议上，学员将参加强调泥沙输送最先进研究的技术会议，还将参加面对面的年度指导会议。MIST的目标是帮助学员成为未来科学和工程领域的领导者。通过这些活动，该项目希望1)在一份声誉良好的期刊上发表一期专题，其中包括从会议中选出的学员和导师论文，2)促进两个专业协会之间的合作，以及3)为早期职业人士创建一个包容的、多样化的指导网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.