Careers in Biological Sciences: Advancement for Women and Minorities; Bethesda, MD; April 26-29, 1990

要在科学上取得成功，需要的不仅仅是规划重要实验的创造性过程和精确执行这些实验的专业知识。传统上，科学家的培训是一个学徒过程；论文导师和博士后导师是年轻科学家的指南和榜样。对于女性和少数民族来说，这一过程在很大程度上依赖于个人的“友谊”，但往往失败。必须向所有科学家提供科学的文化和过程，以便他们可以采取积极的步骤在事业上取得进步。拟议的讲习班是为刚刚确立作为科学家的独立性的妇女和少数群体设计的，即持有他们的第一笔研究补助金的妇女和少数民族。职业生涯的这一早期阶段尤其不稳定；部门和教学要求是绝对必要的。尽管在教育和培训方面投入了大量资金，但妇女和少数群体科学事业的这一阶段往往是她们的最后阶段。该讲习班将讨论生物科学职业的以下方面：1)终身教职和晋升；2)补助金和出版物；3)科学文化；4)有效交流。此外，还将对讲习班进行批评，以便它可以作为今后讲习班的样板，旨在促进妇女和少数群体更多地参与科学和工程领域的更高级别的工作。该讲习班的目标是向女性和少数族裔科学家提供一些推动科学事业发展所需的工具。预计这将是一个原型会议，帮助建立经过测试的形式，向这些群体传播专业发展技能，这些群体传统上在科学职业生涯的高层中代表性不足，但他们将构成美国未来劳动力的更大部分。

Achieving a successful career in science requires more than the creative process of planning important experiments and the expertise to execute them precisely. Traditionally, the training of scientists is an apprenticeship process; thesis-advisors and postdoctoral mentors are guides and role models for the young scientist. For women and minorities this process, which depends so heavily on a personal "friendship", often fails. The culture and process of science must be made available to all scientists so that they may take positive steps to advance in their careers. The proposed workshop is designed for women and minorities who are just establishing their independence as scientists, i.e. who are holding their first research grants. This early stage in a career is especially precarious; departmental and teaching demands are an absolute requirement. Despite the large investment in education and training made, this stage in the scientific careers of women and minorities often is their last. This workshop will address the following aspects of careers in biological sciences: 1) tenure and promotion; 2) grants and publications; 3) the culture of science; 4) effective communication. In addition, a critique of the workshop will be conducted so that it may serve as a prototype for future workshops directed toward the greater participation of women and minorities at higher levels of science and engineering careers. The goal of this workshop is to present women and minority scientists with some of the tools required to advance scientific careers. This is expected to be a prototype conference to help establish tested formats for the dissemination of professional advancement skills to these groups which have been traditionally under-represented in the upper levels of scientific careers, but who will constitute the greater part of the future workforce in the United States.