UMEB: Increasing Diversity at the Annual Botanical Society of America Meetings

DEB-0227696 Renzaglia该UMEB奖将为10名或更多的本科生提供财政支持和专业援助，这些学生来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体，参加2002年至2006年美国植物学会（BSA）的年会。 一个由本科生、研究生和教职员工组成的辅导网络将为职业发展提供支持，并促进学生的社会化。 导师将通过一系列会前、会中和会后活动帮助学生融入会议活动。 在会议上，导师将带领学生参观会议现场，将他们介绍给专业人士，并陪同他们参加科学会议，实地考察，研讨会和其他活动。 将进行多项评估，以确定是否实现了计划目标/目的。 将采用一个强大的计划来招募学生和导师，它将游说整个BSA成员，并利用BSA成员和其他外部专业协会和财团的现有专业网络。 该项目是BSA吸引和留住少数民族大学生种植生物学的重要一步。 这将有助于促进少数民族学生的专业成长，为学生充分参与会议提供坚实的指导网络，并吸引更多代表性不足的少数民族进入环境生物学学科。 该计划是满足国家需要的重要一步，以加强科学劳动力，并从不同种族和少数民族人口中汲取全方位的智力人才。

DEB-0227696RenzagliaThis UMEB award will provide financial support and professional assistance for 10 or more undergraduate students, from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, to attend the annual conference of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) from 2002 through 2006. A mentoring network of undergraduates, graduates and faculty will provide support for career development and will foster socialization of students. Mentors will help integrate students into conference activities through a series of pre-, during-, and post-meeting activities. At the conference, mentors will show students around the meeting site, introduce them to professionals, and accompany them to scientific sessions, field trips, workshops, and other events. Multiple assessments will be conducted to determine if program goals/objectives are being achieved. A robust plan for recruiting students and mentors will be employed, and it will canvass the entire BSA membership, as well as take advantage of existing professional networks of BSA members and other external professional societies and consortia. This project represents a significant step by the BSA to attract and retain minority undergraduates to plant biology. It will help foster the professional growth of minority students, provide a solid mentoring network for students to participate fully in the conferences, and draw more underrepresented minorities into environmental biology disciplines. This program is an important step towards meeting a national need to strengthen the scientific workforce and to draw upon the full range of intellectual talent from diverse ethnic and minority populations.