Conference: Increasing Diversity in Animal Behavior through Undergraduate Participation in the Animal Behavior Society Meetings, Pirenopolis, Brazil, June 22-26, 2009

这个项目将采取不同的本科生群体，每年动物行为学会，在我们的学科最大的专业社会的年会。组织者，动物行为学会多样性委员会的成员，将筛选，确定和选择参与者谁是代表性不足的群体，低收入，第一代，目前就读的学校，在那里很少有机会进行研究。每年将为10名学生提供资金，以支付所有旅行，住宿和注册费用。除了参加所有会议活动外，学生还将参加旨在确保他们充分利用会议的培训活动。每个学生还将与他们可以在会议期间互动的导师相匹配。2009年，ABS会议将在巴西举行，为我们的学生提供重要的国际经验。根据最近的经验，我们预计至少60%的本科获奖者是传统上代表性不足的少数群体的成员。此外，在书面调查中，参加我们项目活动的学生中有近90%同意，由于参加了ABS会议，他们更有可能进入科学研究生研究。超过80%的受访者表示，他们在会议上与可能对他们未来职业产生影响的科学家进行了非正式的互动。该计划为研究生培训教师提供了一个独特的机会，与未来的博士生谁是代表性不足的群体的成员密切互动。

This project will take a diverse group of undergraduate students each year to the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, the largest professional society in our discipline. The organizers, members of the Diversity Committee of the Animal Behavior Society, will advertize, identify and select participants who are members of underrepresented groups, low income, first generation, and currently attending schools at which there are few opportunities for research. Ten students each year will be provided with funds to cover all travel, housing, and registration expenses. In addition to attending all meeting events, the students will participate in training activities designed to make sure they get the most out of the meetings. Each student will also be matched with mentors with whom they can interact during the meeting itself. In 2009, the ABS meetings will be hosted in Brazil, offering an important international experience for our students. Based on recent experience, we expect at least 60% of undergraduate award winners to be members of traditionally underrepresented minority groups. Moreover, in written surveys, almost 90% of students who participated in our program activities agreed that they were more likely to go into graduate research in science as a result of having attended the ABS meetings. More than 80% report having had informal interactions with scientists at the meetings who are likely to have an impact on their future careers. The program provides a unique opportunity for graduate training faculty to meet and interact closely with future doctoral students who are members of underrepresented groups.