The SACNAS Geo-Futures Program

Chicanos and Native Americans in Science （SACNAS）地球未来研讨会是一个以会议为基础的项目，将参与并为有兴趣从事地球科学事业的学生提供教育资源。SACNAS Geo-Futures项目主要从美国国家科学基金会本科生地球科学研究经验（REU）站点的学生中招募，将为学生提供会前和会后的培训，为他们理解如何参与国家研究会议做好准备。会前活动将向学生介绍如何组织科学会议，以及如何与与会的地球科学家建立联系。会议活动将向学生介绍地球科学领域正在进行的原创研究，以及作为一名专业地球科学家可以从事的职业道路的例子。除了为学生提供如何在地球科学领域追求学术和职业生涯的指导之外，SACNAS Geo-Futures项目还可以帮助他们了解，他们的不同才能和观点（部分源于他们独特的文化经历）如何为一支满足21世纪地球科学研究新需求的科学队伍做出贡献。SACNAS Geo-Futures项目在一个以多样性为重点的STEM会议中，在地球科学专业人士之间形成了一个联盟，通过基于会议的指导计划，帮助招募、吸引和留住地球科学领域代表性不足的学生。SACNAS地球未来项目的目标是1)招募40名学生参与者，重点是来自代表性不足的群体的学生和在NSF地球科学REU有经验的学生；2)让学生参与地球科学的创新研究和专业发展；3)为学生提供高水平的辅导；和;4)为学生提供严格的支持和培训，以确保他们对地球科学的持续兴趣和参与。该项目的社会背景是美国的人口结构，其组成正在迅速变化，而这种变化在美国地球科学机构的队伍中几乎没有反映出来。积极的招聘和推广工作利用了与美国各地以多样性为重点的项目的联系，以及研讨会组织团队在与未被充分代表的学生群体接触方面的经验。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Geo-Futures workshop is a conference-based program that will engage with and provide educational resources for students interested in pursuing a career in the geosciences. Primarily recruiting from students within NSF’s Geoscience Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sites, the SACNAS Geo-Futures program will provide students with pre and post-conference training that will prepare them for understanding how to engage in a national research conference. Pre-conference activities will provide students with an introduction on navigating a scientific conference and networking with geoscientists in attendance. Conference activities will provide students with an introduction to original research being conducted in the geosciences, as well as examples of career pathways that can be engaged in as a professional geoscientist. Beyond providing students with guidance on how to pursue academic and professional careers in geoscience, the SACNAS Geo-Futures program can help them understand how their diverse talents and perspectives, which in part derive from their unique cultural experiences, can contribute to a scientific workforce that looks to address the emerging needs of 21st century geoscience research.The SACNAS Geo-Futures program forms an alliance among geoscience professionals within a diversity focused STEM conference to help recruit, engage and retain underrepresented students in the geosciences through a conference based mentoring program. The SACNAS Geo-Futures program aims to 1) recruit 40 student participants, with an emphasis on students from underrepresented groups and those with experience in an NSF Geoscience REU; 2) engage students in innovative research and professional development in geoscience; 3) provide students with high-caliber mentoring; and; 4) provide rigorous support and training for students to ensure continued interest and involvement in the geosciences. The social context of the program is the demographics of the U.S, whose composition is rapidly changing, with little reflection of this change seen in the ranks of geoscience institutions of the U.S. A vigorous recruitment and outreach effort leverages connections with diversity-focused programs from across the United States and the experience of the workshop organization team in engaging with students from underrepresented student populations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.