ADVANCE Leadership Award: Collaborative Research: Women in Cognitive Science

认知科学中的妇女（WICS）是2001年由该提案的共同参与者创建的一个组织，隶属于心理规律学会。WICS的目标是提高那些在认知科学，实验心理学和认知神经科学领域追求职业生涯的女性科学家的成功。 该提案描述了一个旨在维持和扩展WICS的计划。计划开展的活动有以下目标：* 更正式地组织其结构，* 保持其存在，* 让其他资深女性认知科学家参与其领导，* 计划围绕心理规律学会年会开展的活动，* 制定一套促进提高该领域所有妇女地位的持续方案，* 确保资深妇女的认可和代表性，以及 * 满足面临职业生涯初期谈判挑战的年轻妇女的需求。该计划提出了两个NSF的影响标准。 它鼓励青年科学家参加专业会议，促进妇女和少数群体的辅导和专业发展，并旨在提高历史上在领导职位上代表性不足的高级女性认知科学家的知名度。

Women in Cognitive Science (WICS) is an organization created by the Co-PIs of this proposal in 2001 and is affiliated with the Psychonomic Society. The goal of WICS is to enhance the success of women scientists who are pursuing careers in cognitive science, experimental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The proposal describes a program which aims to sustain and extend WICS. The planned activities have the following objectives:* to organize its structure more formally,* to sustain its presence, * to engage the participation of other senior women cognitive scientists in its leadership,* to plan events to take place around the yearly meeting of the Psychonomic Society,* to create a set of ongoing programs that will promote the advancement of all women in the field,* to ensure the recognition and representation of senior women, and * to address the needs of younger women facing the challenges of negotiating the initial stages of beginning a career. The program proposed addresses both of NSF.s impact criteria. It encourages the participation of young scientists in professional meetings, promotes the mentoring and professional development of women and minorities, and aims to increase the visibility of senior women cognitive scientists who have been historically underrepresented in positions of leadership.