MS PHD'S Access, Inclusion, and Mentoring (AIM) in Geosciences Program

12年来，致力于在地球系统科学(MS PhD)领域取得更高成就的少数族裔通过成为由同行、初级和高级研究人员和教育工作者组成的虚拟社区的成员，提供了专业发展、网络机会和队列支持。博士学位成为地球科学界的典范项目。目前的工作旨在召集主题专家、项目导师、工作人员、被辅导者以及商业和行业合作伙伴作为规划团队，协调该项目的下一阶段-MS博士在地球科学中的访问、纳入和指导(AIM)。规划团队将最终确定MS博士的地球科学AIM计划的结构和活动，以满足参与者进入更具活力的、精通技术的后COVID工作/学习环境的需求。在支持下，规划团队将制定启动MS PhD AIM所需的蓝图，作为一种强有力的干预措施，以推进NSF促进科学进步的使命；促进国家健康、繁荣和福利。博士学位的进入、纳入和辅导(AIM)将支持美国国家科学基金会促进科学进步、促进国民健康、繁荣和福利的使命。鉴于继续需要促进对来自历史上被排斥群体的下一代地球科学学者的支持和持续的专业发展，这一努力力求以下列目标为基础规划该计划的实施：审查过去的计划活动；根据当前文献制定指导方针；确定和招募关键组织和个人；协助发展努力以实现该计划的可持续性；制定具体战略以扩大更广泛的影响；设想与其他STEM领域的可能联系；该项目由美国国家科学基金会的地球科学多样性领导力机会(GOLD)和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助。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。

For twelve years Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD’S) provided professional development, networking opportunities and cohort support via membership within a virtual community comprised of peers, junior- and senior-level researchers and educators. MS PHD’S became a model program within the geoscience community. The current effort seeks to convene subject matter experts, program mentors, staff, mentees and business and industry partners as a planning team to orchestrate the next phase of the program - MS PHD’S Access, Inclusion, and Mentoring (AIM) in Geosciences. The planning team will finalize the MS PHD’S AIM in Geoscience Program’s structure and activities to meet the needs of participants as they move into an even more dynamic, tech-savvy, post-COVID work/learning environment. With support, the planning team will develop the blueprint necessary to launch MS PHD’S AIM as a robust intervention to advance NSF’s mission to promote the progress of science; to advance national health, prosperity and welfare. The MS PHD’S Access, Inclusion, and Mentoring (AIM) in Geosciences Program (MS PHD’S AIM) will support NSF’s mission to promote the progress of science; to advance national health, prosperity and welfare. Given the continued need to facilitate the support and continued professional development for the next generation of geoscience scholars from historically excluded groups, this effort seeks to plan the implementation of the program with the following goals in mind: review past program activities; develop guidance based on current literature; identify and recruit key organizations and individuals; assist in development efforts to achieve sustainability of the initiative; develop specific strategies to enhance broader impacts; ideate possible connections with other STEM fields; and create virtual tools for sustained participant engagement and information sharing.This project is jointly funded by NSF's Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLDEN) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.