Conference: Travel and Conference Support for Students from Underrepresented Groups for the 2022 CDS meeting

认知发展协会(CDS)致力于增加和支持传统上代表性不足的学者(URM)参与认知发展，并自2015年以来一直为URM学者提供持续的指导计划。CDS承认多样性的许多方面，包括但不限于种族、族裔、文化、性取向、第一代大学地位和残疾状况。在NSF的资金支持下，CDS成功地支持了许多URM学者的会议旅行和整体会议体验，否则他们将无法参加。这一奖项延续了这种支持。首先，该奖项提供资金，以支持参加面对面CDS会议的注册和旅行。其次，该奖项提供资金，以确保这些年轻学者在会议上继续获得积极的指导经验。将安排一些在线和面对面的学生活动，以确保具有包容性和积极的指导体验。该奖项将为CDS导师提供资金，并支持过去的获奖者与现在的获奖者建立联系。该奖项还将支持教授会议的燃眉之急的问题，这将是面向初级URM学者和学员。该奖项资助的活动将使这些年轻学者能够建立新的专业关系，其影响将超出会议本身。资助的导师计划和两年一次的会议旨在支持CDS在所有级别支持社会更大的多样性、包容性、公平性和福祉的承诺。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。

The Cognitive Development Society (CDS) is committed to increasing and supporting the involvement of scholars traditionally underrepresented (URM) in cognitive development and has provided an ongoing mentoring program to URM scholars since 2015. CDS recognizes many dimensions of diversity, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, first-generation college status, and disability status. With the financial support of NSF, CDS has succeeded in supporting the conference travel and overall conference experience of many URM scholars who would not have otherwise been able to participate. This award continues that support. First, this award provides funds to support registration and travel to the in-person CDS conference. Second, the award provides funds to ensure that a positive mentorship experience continues at the conference for these young scholars. Several student events will be arranged, both online and in-person, to ensure an inclusive and positive mentorship experience. The award will fund CDS mentorship and support networking of past award recipients with current recipients. The award will also support a Burning Questions of the Professoriate session, which will be geared toward junior URM scholars and mentees. The activities funded by the award will enable these young scholars to forge new professional relationships that will have an impact that extends beyond the conference itself. The funded mentorship program and biennial meeting is designed to support CDS’s commitment to supporting greater diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being in the society at all levels.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.