The Rising Stars in Cell Biology Symposium

该奖项为将于2022年4月29日在约翰·霍普金斯大学举行的为期一天的“细胞生物学的后起之秀研讨会”提供支持。会议的目的是为来自大巴尔的摩地区不同背景的早期职业科学家(本科生、学士后、研究生和博士后研究员)提供机会，介绍他们的研究和与同行的网络。会议的形式将包括一次主题演讲、精选的口头陈述、海报会议和职业发展平台。短期内，本次会议将为学员提供一个机会，突出他们杰出的研究，增强他们的信心，让他们接触到细胞生物学领域的一系列前沿研究，这可能会导致参与机构的研究生项目或博士后职位招收更多未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生。从长远来看，这次会议将吸引URM学者到科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)，特别是生命科学，并创造一个充满活力和支持的环境，鼓励URM科学家留在学术界。这次会议的动机是认识到社会经济差距和需要真正为城市管理学者提供机会。该奖项将支付基本的组织费用，以惠及范围广泛的受训人员以及主要为大巴尔的摩地区的URM学者服务的机构。特别是，该奖项将以旅行代金券、工作餐、海报打印和托儿援助的形式为参会人员提供支持。会议提供的机会将展示学员的工作，并形成一个同行网络，这将鼓励URM学者继续他们的学术追求，并有助于增加学术界更高级别的多样性。此外，由于与会者来自不同的背景，但在细胞生物学方面有着共同的兴趣，此次会议有望促进前沿课题的科学合作，推动研究向前发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides support for a one-day meeting “The Rising Stars in Cell Biology Symposium” to be held on April 29, 2022 at Johns Hopkins University. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to early career scientists (undergraduate, post baccalaureate, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows) from diverse backgrounds within the greater Baltimore area to present their research and network with their peers. The format of the meeting will comprise of one keynote talk, selected oral presentations, poster sessions, and career development platforms. In the short-term, this meeting will provide an opportunity to trainees to highlight their exceptional research, boost their confidence, expose them to a wide array of leading-edge research within cell biology, which may lead to increased recruitment of under-represented minority (URM) students into graduate programs or postdoctoral positions across the participating institutions. In the long-term, this meeting will attract URM scholars to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), specifically to life sciences and to generate a vibrant and supportive environment that encourages retention of URM scientists in academia. This meeting is motivated by the recognition of socio-economic disparity and the need for opportunities truly available to URM scholars. The award will defray the basic organizing expenses to reach a wide group of trainees as well as institutions that predominantly serve URM scholars in the greater Baltimore area. In particular, the award will provide support for the meeting participants in the form of travel vouchers, working meals, poster printing, and childcare assistance. Availability of opportunities provided by the meeting will showcase the trainees’ work and form a peer network, which will encourage URM scholars to continue their academic pursuit and help increase diversity at higher ranks within academia. Additionally, with the participants from diverse backgrounds but sharing the common interest in cell biology, this meeting is expected to foster scientific collaborations at the forefront topics and advance research forward.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.