Addressing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism in 21st Century STEM Organizations

国家科学院提供分析和合理的科学判断，为政策决策提供信息，并指导科学工作。该项目解决了科学企业内部对更大多样性的需求，目标是使STEM劳动力更准确地反映人口。它将综合什么是已知的长期存在的不平等和历史，文化和制度规范，已经工作的有色人种的劣势，以及什么是已知的关于如何解决这些不平等。该项目将阐明一个组织文化变革议程，以应对种族主义和促进多样性，并阐明一个研究议程，以进一步推进多样性科学。预计最终报告将为科学和社会提供有益的建议。在该项目中，一个专家委员会将审查系统性种族主义在多大程度上阻碍了历史上被边缘化的种族和族裔群体从事STEM职业;分析数据，指出解决多样性、公平、包容（DEI）和反种族主义的有效方法;并确定研究中的差距，以支持在干DEI的持续进展。 以前的研究已经对塑造STEM工作场所的因素进行了丰富的描述，包括长期存在的不平等以及对有色人种和其他边缘化群体不利的历史，文化和制度规范。 这项研究的一个关键重点将是产生组织变革的机制。 多样性科学是一个不断发展的领域，它为如何解决代表性不足的少数群体充分参与STEM的系统性障碍提供了经验教训。这些经验的应用可以通过将新的视角融入科学探究的性质和过程来扩展科学的知识深度。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。

The National Academies provides analysis and sound scientific judgment to inform policy decisions and to guide scientific endeavors. This project addresses the need for greater diversity within the science enterprise with the goal of making the STEM workforce a more accurate reflection of the population. It will synthesize what is known about longstanding inequities and historical, cultural, and institutional norms that have worked to the disadvantage of people of color as well as what is known about how to address these inequities. The project will articulate an agenda for organizational culture change to address racism and promote diversity as well as a research agenda to further advance diversity science. It is anticipated that the final report will provide recommendations for the benefit of both science and society.In this project, a committee of experts will examine the extent to which systematic racism is a barrier to STEM careers for historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups; analyze data that point to effective approaches for addressing diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism; and identify gaps in the research needed to support continued progress in DEI in STEM. Previous research has produced a rich picture of the factors that have shaped STEM workplaces, including longstanding inequities and historical, cultural, and institutional norms that have worked to the disadvantage of people of color and other marginalized groups. A key focus of this study will be on mechanisms to produce organizational change. Diversity science, a growing field, offers lessons on how to address the systemic barriers to full participation in STEM for underrepresented minorities. Application of these lessons can expand the intellectual depth of science by integrating new perspectives into the nature and process of scientific inquiry.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.