SACNAS: Initiatives for Equity in Science

描述（由申请人提供）：SACNAS向美国国家普通医学科学院（National Institutes of General Medical Sciences）申请资助少数族裔获得研究职业计划，该计划旨在为代表性不足的本科生和研究生以及专业人士提供资金，以鼓励和培养对生物医学科学的兴趣。人类是一种自然资源，在美国和美国科学界仍未得到充分开发。对于少数群体的成员来说尤其如此，尤其是奇卡诺人和印第安人。美国国家科学基金会（NSF）最近的一项研究（NSF 00 327）表明，虽然少数民族占美国人口的近25%，但奇卡诺人、拉丁美洲人、美洲原住民和非洲裔美国人在所有科学、工程和数学（SEM）博士学位中所占的比例不到6%。SEM是专业领域，是这个国家未来的基石。这些人在科学事业中的代表性不足是一个严重的全国性问题，有许多促成因素（高等教育编年史，2002年1月）。奇卡诺人/拉丁美洲人和美洲原住民促进协会（SACNAS）试图通过鼓励所有未被充分代表的群体——同时关注奇卡诺人/拉丁美洲人和美洲原住民——追求科学、数学和工程方面的高等学位，来改变这一统计数据。SACNAS的使命和NIH MARC项目的使命是一致的。拟议的活动整合了生物医学研究，并促进了NIH相关领域的教育机会。我们已经从其他来源寻求资金，以支持对其他研究领域感兴趣的科学家和崭露头角的科学家。要检验的假设是，在美国国立卫生研究院的支持下，在SACNAS提供的积极指导、职业发展和具体干预下，本科生、研究生、博士后研究人员和专业的少数民族科学家将留在科学领域，并在这一努力中取得卓越成就。SACNAS有15年的年会历史，包括研讨会、科学会议、学生演讲和指导活动。中国科学院过去和现在的活动是一个基础和跳板，我们将利用它来启动以下具体目标：提供年度会议，促进对生物医学科学感兴趣的本科生（285人）、博士前（34人）和博士后（20人）研究人员（20人）和教师（5人）的职业发展和高等教育；目标2。提供全年活动，以促进学生，博士后和教师的发展；和Aim 3。评估拟议活动的有效性。本申请中提出的活动的基本理由是，如果没有早期、具体和深思熟虑的干预措施，如果没有学生、博士后研究人员和教师参与职业和教育发展的机会，我们的目标社区在科学努力中的代表性将仍然不足。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SACNAS requests funding from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences Minority Access to Research Careers program, for underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals to encourage and develop an interest in biomedical sciences. Humans are a natural resource that continue to be underdeveloped in the U.S. and within the U.S. scientific community. This is particularly true for people who are members of minority groups, especially Chicanos and Native Americans. A recent NSF study (NSF 00 327) shows that while minorities make up nearly 25% of population in the U.S., Chicanos, Latinos, Native American and African Americans make up less than 6% of all Ph.D.s in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM). SEM are areas of expertise that are the comerstones for the future of this country. The underrepresentation of these people in the scientific enterprise is a serious national problem with many contributing factors (Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jan 2002). The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans (SACNAS) seeks to change this statistic by encouraging all underrepresented groups - while focusing on Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans- to pursue advanced degrees in science, mathematics and engineering. SACNAS' mission and that of the NIH MARC program are congruent. The proposed activities integrate biomedical research and promote educational opportunities in NIH relevant areas. We have solicited funds from other sources to support scientists and budding scientists with interests in other areas of research. The hypothesis to be tested is that, with the active mentoring, career development, and specific interventions provided by SACNAS as supported by NIH, undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral researchers, and professional minority scientists will be retained in science and will achieve excellence in this endeavor. SACNAS has a 15-year history of annual conferences with workshops, scientific sessions, student presentations, and mentoring activities. Past and current SACNAS activities are a foundation, and the springboard we shall use to launch the following specific aims: Aim 1. Provide an annual conference that enhances career development and higher education of undergraduate students (285), pre- (34) and post- (20) doctoral researchers (20) and faculty (5) interested in biomedical sciences; Aim 2. Provide year-round activities that will enhance student, postdoctoral and faculty development; and Aim 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed activities. The rationale for the proposed activities in this application is that without early, specific and well thought-out interventions, and without opportunities for students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty to take part in career and educational development our target communities will remain underrepresented in scientific endeavors.