Indigenous Women in Science Network (IWSN) Third Annual Meeting

拟议的预付费项目--土著妇女参与科学网络(IWSN)--解决了美国印第安人妇女在STEM学术学科中代表性不足的问题。通过召开一些小讨论小组，这些小组最初是由以前的先进信息技术奖发展而来的，该网络现已扩大为一个独立的年度会议。具体地说，这次会议为美国印第安人妇女提供了寻求导师和建立新的职业关系的机会，并为这群女科学家提供了提供亟需的心理社会支持的机会。该网络的特点是进行讨论，重点是加强沟通、确定筹资战略、战略规划和向关注性别和种族交叉的文学作品提供信息。目前的项目为智力和科学进步提供了具体和有针对性的机会，包括跨学科科学合作的机会。此外，该项目有助于全面了解从事科学家职业的美国印第安人妇女所经历的独特情况，并了解对美国印第安人妇女事业发展做出贡献或成为其障碍的文化视角。该组织能够利用其承诺和与美国印第安人妇女社区建立的信任，有意义地解决她们在STEM学术学科中代表性不足的问题。此外，该项目有可能让先锋社区了解在个别校园中可以作出哪些努力，以增加招募和留住美国印第安人妇女的人数。为此，拟议的项目将对高级方案服务相对不足的女教员干部产生重大影响。

The proposed ADVANCE PAID project, Indigenous Women in Science Network (IWSN), addresses the underrepresentation of American Indian women in the academic STEM discipline. Through the convening of small talking circles that originated as an outgrowth of a previous ADVANCE IT award, the Network has now expanded to an independent annual meeting. Specifically, this meeting provides opportunities for American Indian women to seek mentors and create new professional relationships and offers an opportunity for this cadre of women scientists to provide much needed psychosocial support. The network is characterized by discussions that focus on enhancing communication, identifying funding strategies, strategic planning and informing the body of literature that focuses on the intersection of gender and race.Intellectual Merit. The current project provides specific and targeted opportunities for intellectual and scientific progress, including opportunities for interdisciplinary scientific collaborations. Additionally, this project contributes to the overall understanding of the unique circumstances that are experienced by American Indian women who pursue careers as scientists and an understanding of the cultural perspectives that either contribute to or serve as barriers to career progression for American Indian women.Broader Impact. This organization is able to leverage its commitment and established trust with a community of American Indian women to meaningfully address their underrepresentation in the academic STEM disciplines. Additionally, this project has the potential to inform the ADVANCE community of efforts that can be made on individual campuses to increase the recruitment and retention of American Indian women. To that end, the proposed project will significantly impact a cadre of women faculty who have been relatively underserved by the ADVANCE Program.