DESIGN: Driving Culture Change in a Federation of Biological Societies via Cohort-Based Early-Career Leaders

科学协会可以在创造一种欢迎来自历史上被排除在科学之外的群体的个人研究人员的专业文化方面发挥重要作用。美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）是一个由26个生物科学成员学会组成的协会，将利用其资源和联系推动这种文化变革，使不同的早期职业研究人员受益。跨多个社会的联合方法对于扩大项目的范围是有价值的，使FASEB能够通过其成员社会在更大范围内影响生物学的文化变革。在这个项目中，FASEB将分析和定义根深蒂固的文化中的包容性障碍，并确定克服这些障碍的机制。此外，该项目还将为来自历史上被排斥人群的早期职业研究人员提供指导，支持和领导力培训，并协助他们参与社会角色。通过这种增加参与、领导和承认其努力的机制，参与者将培养归属感，并在成为本国社会领导人的过程中成为变革的推动者。随着每年新的研究群体的形成，这种文化变革的影响将在未来几年继续增长。该项目旨在改变目前对各种早期职业研究人员产生负面影响的生物社会文化。文化的重点是积极参与社会活动;进入社会领导岗位的能力;以及邀请进入研究生涯中保留所需的文化规范，如网络，协作资助申请，出版物和会议出席。该项目的目标是：（1）记录与当前政策和做法有关的当前基线以及促进FASEB成员协会包容性的建议;（2）为早期职业研究人员开展一个基于队列的试点项目，该项目提供指导、支持和领导力培训，并展示他们更多地参与社会、归属感和作为变革推动者的能力;以及（3）通过确定战略、成员社会之间的资源共享和外联，为变革创造基础设施。消除障碍的战略将成为今后在各个社会共享支助的基础，并将为参与者充当变革推动者提供一个框架。试点实施的评价数据将提供初步证据，证明通过辅导、领导能力培训和虚拟社区支持发起文化变革的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Scientific societies can play a major role in creating a professional culture that is welcoming to individual researchers who are from groups historically excluded from science. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is an association of 26 member societies in the biological sciences and will use its resources and connections to drive this culture change to benefit diverse early-career researchers. A federated approach across multiple societies is valuable to expanding the reach of the project, allowing FASEB to affect culture change on a larger scale in biology through its member societies. In this project, FASEB will analyze and define barriers to inclusivity in the entrenched culture and identify mechanisms to overcome these barriers. In addition, the project will provide mentorship, support, and leadership training to cohorts of early-career researchers from historically excluded populations and assist them in engaging in society roles. Through this mechanism of increased involvement, leadership, and recognition of their efforts, participants will develop a sense of belonging and grow to serve as change agents as they develop as leaders in their home societies. With new cohorts forming annually, this culture change impact will continue to grow over the years.This project aims to change the current culture of biological societies that negatively affects diverse early-career researchers. The cultural focus is on active participation in society activities; the ability to enter society leadership positions; and invitations into cultural norms needed for retention in a research career, such as networking, collaborative grant applications, publications, and conference attendance. The project objectives are to (1) document the current baseline related to current policies and practices and recommendations to promote inclusion from FASEB’s member societies; (2) pilot a cohort-based project for early-career researchers that provides mentorship, support, and leadership training and demonstrates increased engagement in societies, sense of belonging, and ability to serve as a change agent; and (3) create an infrastructure for change through identified strategies, resource sharing across member societies, and outreach. Strategies to address barriers will serve as the foundation for future support to be shared across societies and will provide a framework for the participants to act as change agents. Evaluation data from the pilot implementation will provide preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of initiating culture change through mentoring, leadership training, and virtual community support. Project data will examine the effectiveness of propagating resources and change strategies through multiple societies using a federated approach.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.