Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID): Collaborative Research - Career Advancement for Women through the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN)

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。虽然获得地球科学高级学位的女性人数一直在上升，但学术界的科学领袖仍然以男性为主。通过建立基础设施来支持地球科学妇女网络（ESWN），这个预付项目将促进地球科学妇女的职业发展、建立社区和促进专业合作。ESWN是一个由女性组成的同侪辅导网络，主要服务于地球科学学科的各个领域，她们大多处于职业生涯的早期。ESWN成立于2002年，最初是由六名早期从事大气科学的女性组成，现在已经发展到750多名成员，涵盖了广泛的地球科学分支学科。ESWN的成长完全是从个人对个人的接触中演变而来的，其持续、快速的增长证明了该组织对早期职业女性的价值。这个学科网络的独特之处在于它关注处于早期职业阶段的女性，而且它是由早期职业女性科学家组成和领导的。这些功能使该组织能够帮助地球科学领域的女性在专业上取得进步，同时将她们与同龄人社区联系起来。该网络的“基层”结构为影响女性地球科学家的保留和晋升提供了难得的机会。知识价值：在ESWN活动迄今取得成功的基础上，该项目将支持可持续ESWN基础设施和职业发展活动的发展，使学术界的女性受益并促进她们的进步。申请的资金将在四年内支持以下举措：发展ESWN以服务于更广泛的地球科学界；设计和管理职业发展讲习班；促进在重大科学会议上建立专业网络；开发网络资源，为地球科学领域的女性建立联系和合作。ESWN的规模和多样性为收集关于女性地球科学家职业发展的统计数据和信息提供了宝贵的机会。会员将参与在线调查、访谈和网站监测。从这些研究中得出的见解和建议将通过出版物、在线通讯和ESWN网站上的重点内容进行传播。更广泛的影响：项目活动强调提高和促进妇女在地球科学学术职位上的地位。这些活动将确定和开发对学术界妇女有用的资源，增加获得这些资源的机会，发起指导机会，并创建一个社区。成功的女科学家数量的增加以及她们的知名度将极大地影响下一代的招聘。ESWN的会员已经将该网络视为他们职业生涯中有价值的一部分，并经常鼓励同行和顾问加入。该项目旨在通过与现有成功招聘项目的联系，增加ESWN的民族和种族多样性。通过确定减少女性地球科学家职业成功障碍的策略，我们的目标是促进一种能够促进所有科学家成功的文化。该网络的性质和范围及其持续增长也将影响女性科学家在学术界、联邦政府、公共和私营部门等各种科学职位上的成功。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).While the number of women receiving advanced degrees in the geosciences has been rising, the face of scientific leaders in academia remains dominantly male. Through the establishment of infrastructure to support the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN), this ADVANCE PAID project will promote career development, build community, and facilitate professional collaborations for women in the Earth Sciences. ESWN is a peer-mentoring network of women, mostly early in their careers, serving the variety of fields within the geosciences discipline. ESWN started in 2002 as an initial group of six early-career women in atmospheric science, and has grown to more than 750 members spanning a wide range of geosciences sub-disciplines. ESWN's growth has evolved solely from person-to-person contacts, and its sustained, rapid growth testifies to the group's value to early career women. The unique aspects of this disciplinary network include its focus on women at early career stages, and the fact that it was formed and is led by early career women scientists. These features allow the group to assist women in the Earth Sciences in advancing professionally while connecting them with a community of their peers. The network's "grassroots" structure provides an exceptional opportunity to influence the retention and promotion of female earth scientists. Intellectual Merit: Building on the success of ESWN's activities to date, this project will support the development of a sustainable ESWN infrastructure and career-development activities to benefit women in academia and promote their advancement. The requested funding will support the following initiatives over four years: grow ESWN to serve a wider section of the geosciences community; design and administer career development workshops; promote professional networking at major scientific conferences; and develop web resources to build connections and collaborations for and among women in the Earth Sciences. The size and diversity of ESWN provides a valuable opportunity to collect statistics and information on the developing careers of women geoscientists. The membership will participate in online surveys, interviews and web site monitoring. Insights and recommendations emerging from these studies will be disseminated through publications, an online newsletter, and highlights on the ESWN website. Broader Impacts: The project activities emphasize the advancement and promotion of women in academic positions in the Earth Sciences. These activities will identify and develop resources useful to women in academia, increase accessibility to these resources, initiate mentoring opportunities, and create a community. An increase in the number of successful women scientists and their visibility will greatly influence the recruitment of the next generation. ESWN members already identify the network as a valuable part of their professional lives and often encourage peers and advisees to join. This project aims to increase the ethnic and racial diversity of ESWN via connections with existing successful recruitment programs. By identifying strategies to reduce barriers to professional success for women geoscientists, we aim to promote a culture that will enhance the success of all scientists. The nature and extent of the network, and its continued growth, will also influence the success of female scientists in a variety of scientific positions including within academia, the federal government, and public and private sectors.