SACNAS: Initiatives for Equity in Science

SACNAS：科学公平倡议

• 批准号: 7228919
• 负责人: Marigold L. Linton
• 金额: $ 77.19万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY FOR THE ADV CHICANOS/NATIVE AMER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-12-20 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7228919
• 关键词: African American; Applications Grants; Area; Biography; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Communities; Country; Databases; Development; Disadvantaged; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Materials; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Engineering; Faculty; Fellowship; Foundations; Funding; Future; Grant; Hand; Human; Institutes; Intervention; K-Series Research Career Programs; Latino; Mathematics; Mentors; Mexican Americans; Minority; Minority Groups; Mission; Modeling; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; Natural Resources; Neurosciences; Numbers; Participant; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Process; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Science; Scientist; Series; Societies; Source; Students; Target Populations; Testing; Theoretical Biology; Thinking; Time; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Visit; base; career; design; expectation; experience; improved; instrument; interest; member; programs; role model; statistics; symposium; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SACNAS requests funding from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences Minority Access to Research Careers program, for underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals to encourage and develop an interest in biomedical sciences. Humans are a natural resource that continue to be underdeveloped in the U.S. and within the U.S. scientific community. This is particularly true for people who are members of minority groups, especially Chicanos and Native Americans. A recent NSF study (NSF 00 327) shows that while minorities make up nearly 25% of population in the U.S., Chicanos, Latinos, Native American and African Americans make up less than 6% of all Ph.D.s in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM). SEM are areas of expertise that are the comerstones for the future of this country. The underrepresentation of these people in the scientific enterprise is a serious national problem with many contributing factors (Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jan 2002). The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans (SACNAS) seeks to change this statistic by encouraging all underrepresented groups - while focusing on Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans- to pursue advanced degrees in science, mathematics and engineering. SACNAS' mission and that of the NIH MARC program are congruent. The proposed activities integrate biomedical research and promote educational opportunities in NIH relevant areas. We have solicited funds from other sources to support scientists and budding scientists with interests in other areas of research. The hypothesis to be tested is that, with the active mentoring, career development, and specific interventions provided by SACNAS as supported by NIH, undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral researchers, and professional minority scientists will be retained in science and will achieve excellence in this endeavor. SACNAS has a 15-year history of annual conferences with workshops, scientific sessions, student presentations, and mentoring activities. Past and current SACNAS activities are a foundation, and the springboard we shall use to launch the following specific aims: Aim 1. Provide an annual conference that enhances career development and higher education of undergraduate students (285), pre- (34) and post- (20) doctoral researchers (20) and faculty (5) interested in biomedical sciences; Aim 2. Provide year-round activities that will enhance student, postdoctoral and faculty development; and Aim 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed activities. The rationale for the proposed activities in this application is that without early, specific and well thought-out interventions, and without opportunities for students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty to take part in career and educational development our target communities will remain underrepresented in scientific endeavors.

描述(由申请者提供)：SACNAS请求国家普通医学科学研究院为少数人获得研究职业机会计划提供资金，以鼓励和发展对生物医学科学的兴趣。人类是一种自然资源，在美国和美国科学界仍然不发达。对于少数群体的成员，尤其是奇卡诺人和美洲原住民来说，情况尤其如此。美国国家科学基金会最近的一项研究(NSF 00327)显示，尽管少数族裔占美国人口的近25%，但奇卡诺人、拉丁裔、美洲原住民和非洲裔美国人在所有科学、工程和数学博士中所占比例不到6%。SEM是专业领域，是这个国家未来的基石。这些人在科学事业中的代表性不足是一个严重的全国性问题，有许多促成因素(《高等教育纪事》，2002年1月)。奇卡诺/拉丁裔和美洲原住民促进会(SACNAS)试图通过鼓励所有代表性不足的群体--同时侧重于奇卡诺/拉丁裔和美洲原住民--攻读科学、数学和工程方面的高级学位，来改变这一统计数字。SACNAS的使命与NIH MARC计划的使命是一致的。拟议的活动整合了生物医学研究，并促进了NIH相关领域的教育机会。我们已从其他来源筹集资金，以支持对其他研究领域感兴趣的科学家和初出茅庐的科学家。需要检验的假设是，在国家卫生研究院的支持下，在SACNAS提供的积极指导、职业发展和具体干预下，本科生、研究生、博士后研究人员和专业的少数族裔科学家将留在科学领域，并将在这一努力中取得卓越成就。SACNAS有15年的年度会议历史，包括研讨会、科学会议、学生演示和指导活动。过去和目前的SACNAS活动是一个基础，我们将以此为跳板来启动以下具体目标：目标1.提供年度会议，促进对生物医学科学感兴趣的本科生(285人)、博士后(34人)和博士后(20人)和教职员工(5人)的职业发展和高等教育；目标2.提供全年活动，促进学生、博士后和教师的发展；以及目标3.评估拟议活动的有效性。在这项申请中提出活动的理由是，如果没有早期、具体和深思熟虑的干预，如果没有学生、博士后研究人员和教职员工参与职业和教育发展的机会，我们的目标社区在科学努力中的代表性将仍然不足。