EAGER: Full STEAM Ahead: Powering Connections Among Different Generations of Geoscientists

为了扩大NSF GOLD计划的成功，这个“全速前进”项目旨在通过一个创新的混合指导计划来改善地球科学的职业发展和归属感，该计划将来自成功的联邦教育计划（例如，NOAA教育伙伴计划）与来自政府、政府机构、工业和其他地球科学组织的知名领导人（“多样性冠军”）合作。地球科学各代的参与者将沉浸在多个虚拟平台中，这些平台利用尖端的教育技术，并允许在任何地点初始化和培养指导关系。此外，指导经验将在专业发展会议中达到高潮，该会议整合了强大的社会科学组成部分。虚拟和面对面的指导不仅对建立一个多元化的地球科学领导者群体至关重要，而且还提供了以劳动力发展，网络丰富活动以及有效的指导和培训技术和/或最佳实践为中心的机会。该项目旨在利用强大的多元化网络，包括NOAA EPP和前GOLD项目参与者，以推动下一代地球科学领导者全面推进STEAM。Full Steam Ahead项目建议为面对面和虚拟平台开发网络和导师活动。活动的一般要素将包括：1）参与者定向-会议将为参与者提供工具（例如，最佳做法，在线课程），以发展有效的指导关系，2）职业和劳动力发展-专题讨论会和小组，以促进讨论如何驾驭工作场所，微攻击，工作场所的技术，工作场所的情商，以及跨文化/组织沟通动态，3）心理社会支持-专题讨论会和小组将侧重于心理社会支持的重要性，心理健康、处理冒名顶替综合症、一般情感支持、认同感和归属感以及角色示范;以及4）网络丰富活动-导师和学员将参加见面会和团队建设活动，以促进关系和建立联系。选择这些活动是为了为地球科学界各部门的参与者（例如，该奖项反映了NSF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。

To expand upon the success of NSF’s GOLD Program, this "Full Steam Ahead" project seeks to improve career progression and sense of belonging in the geosciences through an innovative, hybrid mentoring program which pairs early-career leaders from a successful federal education program (e.g., the NOAA Educational Partnership Program) with established leaders (“champions for diversity”) from academe, government agencies, industry, and other geoscience organizations. Participants across the generations of geoscience will be immersed in multiple virtual platforms that leverage cutting-edge educational technology and allow mentoring relationships to be initialized and cultivated regardless of location. In addition, the mentoring experience will culminate in a professional development conference that integrates a strong social science component. Virtual and in-person mentoring is essential to not only establish a cohort of diverse geoscience leaders, but also to provide opportunities centered on workforce development, network enrichment activities, as well as effective mentorship and advisement techniques and/or best practices. This project seeks to leverage strong diverse networks that include the NOAA EPP and former GOLD project participants in order to drive the next generation of geoscience leaders full STEAM ahead.The Full Steam Ahead project proposes to develop networking and mentorship activities for both in-person and virtual platforms. The general elements of activities will include: 1) Participant orientation - sessions will provide participants with tools (e.g., best practices, online curriculum) for developing effective mentoring relationships, 2) Career and Workforce development - symposia and panels to facilitate discussions about how to navigate the workplace, microaggressions, technology in the workplace, emotional intelligence in the workplace, and intercultural/organizational communication dynamics, 3) Psychosocial support - symposia and panels will focus on the importance of psychosocial support, mental health, dealing with imposter syndrome, general emotional support, identity and sense of belonging, and role modeling, and 4) Networking enrichment activities - mentors and mentees will participate in Meet and Greet receptions and team building activities to foster relationships and build connections. These activities were selected to foster unique mentor and networking opportunities for participants across sectors in the geoscience community (e.g., government agencies, academe, industry, NGOs), and strengthen collaboration between geosciences and social sciences through an interdisciplinary project design and research approach.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.