Expanding Dialogue in the Postdoctoral Community towards Broadening Participation in the Social, Behaviorial, and Economic Sciences

国家博士后协会（NPA）将组织和主办为期一天的研讨会，以扩大博士后社区的对话，以扩大社会，行为和经济（SBE）科学中代表性不足的群体的参与。NPA将邀请过去两年的SBE少数民族博士后研究奖学金（MPRF）获得者，他们的赞助科学家和其他相关方参加。NPA被全国各地的联邦机构和机构要求为博士后提供一个国家的声音。至关重要的是，NPA更多地了解来自SBE科学中代表性不足的群体的博士后所面临的挑战，以便更好地代表他们，并为最佳实践提出明智的建议，以提高这些博士后在学术研究中的保留率。本次研讨会的预期成果是：1。国家行动纲领将向博士后群体和其他人广泛散发的讲习班记录的书面报告。与会者将离开新的信息和知识，将进一步自己的努力，以扩大在博士后一级的SBE科学代表性不足的群体的参与。从这次研讨会中吸取的经验教训将产生更广泛的影响，并为留住其他研究领域代表性不足群体的科学家提供见解。了解更多关于SBE博士后社区是必不可少的，因为这个人口一直在稳步增长。事实上，自1972年以来，在美国获得学位并拥有博士后职位的社会科学博士人数稳步增长，从不到20%增加到2006年的30%以上。此外，博士后培训期仍然是一个关键点，在SBE科学中代表性不足的少数群体可能会离开学术管道。挪威人民援助会的领导层定期与最新的关于博士后学者经验的奖学金进行接触，包括来自代表性不足群体的博士后研究人员的经验。主办这次研讨会符合NPA的六个战略重点之一：鼓励和促进博士后社区的多样性。挪威人民援助会将能够为讲习班建立一个知情和理解的平台。更广泛的影响。讲习班将产生一份关于会议记录和所吸取的教训的书面报告，由挪威人民援助会在其网站上、在其会议上并通过其联系人广泛散发。从这次研讨会上学到的经验教训将产生更广泛的影响，并为整个SBE科学及其他领域的国家博士后社区提供见解。

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) will organize and host a one-day workshop to expand dialogue in the postdoctoral community towards broadening participation of underrepresented groups in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences. The NPA will invite recipients of the SBE Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPRF) from the past two years, theirsponsoring scientists, and other relevant parties to participate. The NPA is called upon by Federal agencies and institutions across the country to provide anational voice for postdocs. It is crucial that the NPA learn more about the challenges faced by postdocs from underrepresented groups in the SBE Sciences in order to better represent them and to make informed recommendations for best practices to improve retention of these postdocs in academic research. The expected outcomes of this workshop are: 1. A written report of the proceedings of the workshop that will be widely disseminated to the postdoctoral community and others by the NPA.2. That participants will leave with new information and knowledge that will further their own efforts to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in the SBE sciences at the postdoctoral level.3. That lessons learned from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights for retaining scientists from underrepresented groups in other fields of research.Intellectual Merit. Learning more about the SBE postdoctoral community isessential, as this population has been steadily increasing. In fact, the number of doctoral recipients in the social sciences who earned their degree in the United States and have held a postdoctoral position has steadily increased since 1972, from fewer than 20% to more than 30% by 2006. Furthermore, the postdoctoral training period remains a critical point at which underrepresented minorities in SBE sciences may leave the academic pipeline. The NPA leadership engages on a regular basis with the most recent scholarship on postdoctoralscholars' experiences, including those of postdoctoral researchers from underrepresented groups. Hosting this workshop is in line with one of the six strategic priorities of the NPA: To encourage and facilitate diversity within the postdoctoral community. The NPA will be able to create an informed and understanding platform for the workshop. Broader Impacts. The workshop will result in a written report of the proceedings and lessons learned that will be widely disseminated by the NPA, on its Web site, at its meetings, and through its contacts. The lessons learned from this workshop will have a broader impact and provide insights for thenational postdoctoral community across the SBE sciences and beyond.