Undergraduate Diversity in the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society for Systematic Biologists

进化论研究学会(SSE)和系统生物学家学会(SSB)是美国讨论和传播有关进化论思想的主要学会。这项提案将为大约15名少数民族本科生提供旅费、注册费和住宿费，以参加这些协会2003-2006年的年会。这些本科生还将在见面会上展示海报。这项建议是2001年会议上进行的一项试点计划的产物，该计划提高了人们对扩大会议上本科生基础的必要性的认识和热情。在会议期间，本科生将由研究生和教师导师指导，他们将在会议上帮助本科生网络，帮助本科生揭开谈话的神秘面纱，并总体上让学生在会议上感到更受欢迎。还将有一个面向本科生的官方辅导会议，包括一个鼓舞士气的谈话/研讨会，帮助鼓励学生为就业和/或研究生院生物/环境生物学做准备。除了这些活动外，还将开展一些不属于这项补助金的社会活动，以及两个学会为鼓励本科生参与而做出的进一步努力，例如降低注册费、学生在主办地出席的每日费用以及本科生海报会议。这些活动将有助于增加少数群体和其他本科生参加会议的数量，并最终对少数群体参与全国进化生物学产生积极影响。

0227714EdwardsThe Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) and the Society of SystematicBiologists (SSB) are the premier Societies in the US for discussion anddissemination of ideas relating to evolution. This proposal will providetravel costs, registration costs, and lodging costs to approximately 15minority undergraduates for the annual meetings of these societies for theyears 2003 - 2006. These undergraduates will also present posters at themeetings. The proposal is an outgrowth of a pilot program conducted atthe 2001 meetings which raised awareness and enthusiasm for the need tobroaden the undergraduate base at the meetings. During the meetings theundergraduates will be mentored by graduate student and faculty mentors,who will help the undergraduate network at the meetings, help demystifytalks for the undergraduates, and generally make the students feel morewelcome at the meetings. There will also be an official mentoring sessionfor undergraduates, consisting of a 'pep-talk'/seminar that will helpencourage the students to prepare for careers and/or graduate school inevolutionary/environmental biology. These activities will be supplementedby social activities not covered by this grant, as well as further effortson the part of both societies for encouraging undergraduate participation,such as reduced registration fees, daily fees for attendance by studentsat the host site, and an undergraduate poster session. These activitieswill help increase the amount of minority and other undergraduateparticipation at the meetings, and ultimately should have a positiveeffect on minority participation in evolutionary biology nationally.