ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) Award: Collaborative Research - Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching NeTworks (ASCENT)

该项目将创建一个专门针对大气科学/气象学女性的精心设计的计划，以培养进步的领导者。在拟议的为期三天的大气科学合作和丰富网络(ASCENT)夏季研讨会计划和后续团聚活动中，重点将是在不同级别的女性教员和博士后研究人员之间建立积极的职业关系。这些人将以团队形式工作(每个资深科学家将与两名初级科学家配对)，并建立联系。此外，在与志同道合的女科学家建立联系的同时，参与者将有机会探索具体可行的做法，以消除“漏水线”，“漏水线”指的是女性在其学术生涯的不同阶段的自然流失。通过促进女性教职员工和研究人员之间的关系，ASCENT旨在实现以下具体目标：1)确保初级女科学家了解并获得资源以及能够帮助她们完成职业生涯和人生道路的人。2)鼓励积极的指导和创造指导机会。3)了解和传授女性在大气科学和气象领域的主要障碍，并开发或分享帮助克服这些障碍的交流工具。4)与其他机构的潜在科学合作者见面。为了确保拟议的研讨会和合作经验的成功和持久，将实施广泛的评估计划。这一过程将从讲习班发展的初始阶段开始；在讲习班期间和过去的终止期间继续进行，以确定长期成果。评估结果将在专业论坛上传播，如会议或参考新闻。通过这些讲习班，组织者将汇集技术和方法方面的知识，以加强妇女在大气科学和气象学领域的参与。这些信息将通过EOS和美国气象学会公报(BAMS)传播给这一学术界。ASCENT还将制作一年两次的电子通讯，提供关于提高妇女科学水平的“经验教训”和最新文献的摘要。这份简报将发送给研讨会的所有参与者、地球科学妇女网络(ESWN)名单服务以及其他感兴趣的各方。

This project will create a discipline-specific, well-designed program focusing on womenin atmospheric science/meteorology to create leaders for advancement.The emphasis during the proposed three-day Atmospheric Science Collaborations andEnriching Networks (ASCENT) summer workshop program and follow-up reunionevents will be to initiate positive professional relationships, among female faculty ofdifferent ranks and postdoctoral researchers. These individuals will work in teams (eachsenior scientist will be paired with two junior scientists) and foster connections.Furthermore, while networking with like-minded women scientists, participants will havethe opportunity to explore specific promising practices toward eliminating the "leakypipeline," defined by the attrition of women at different stages in their academic careers.By fostering relationships among women faculty and researchers, ASCENT willdemonstrate a commitment to developing research bases and improve the quality ofcollaborative atmospheric research conducted at multiple universities and colleges.ASCENT has been designed to achieve the following specific goals:1) Ensure that junior women scientists know about and have access to resources andpeople who can help guide them through their career and life path.2) Encourage positive mentorship and create mentoring opportunities.3) Learn and teach others about primary obstacles for women in atmospheric sciencesand meteorological fields, and develop or share communication tools to assist innavigating these obstacles.4) Meet potential scientific collaborators at other institutions.In order to ensure success and longevity of the proposed workshop and collaborativeexperience, an extensive evaluation program will be implemented. The process willbegin at the initial stage of workshop development; continue throughout duration of theworkshop and past termination to determine long-term outcomes. Evaluation findingswill be disseminated in professional forums, such as conferences or refereed journals.Throughout these workshops, the organizers will assemble knowledge on techniquesand methodology to strength the participation of women within the fields of atmosphericscience and meteorology. This information will be disseminated to this academiccommunity via Eos and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).ASCENT will also produce a bi-annual electronic newsletter to provide summaries of"lessons learned" and current literature regarding the advancement of women ingeoscience. This newsletter will be sent to all participants in the workshops, the EarthScience Women's Network (ESWN) list serve, and other interested parties.