Conference and Research Opoortunities in Cell Biology

描述(由申请人提供)：美国在科学研究和培训方面处于领先地位，但劳动力，特别是最具竞争力的劳动力，仍然没有普通人口那么多样化。在一个少数民族代表不足的人口约占总人口30%的国家，生命科学和STEM学科每年产生的博士学位总数仍低于10%，这在该国主要研究中心的教职员工和培训人口中更是少之又少。美国细胞生物学少数派事务委员会几年来一直在扩大科学研究的参与方面发挥国家领导作用。我们寻求通过两个主要目标推动的一些创新活动来继续这项工作：1.增加未被充分代表的少数群体参与美国细胞生物学学会的学术活动。2.为正在筹备中的各级URM科学家提供培训机会。这些目标下的活动包括外展(Linkage Flowers)、培训和发展(职业发展研讨会、海洋生物实验室和冷泉港实验室的短期课程)、ASCB年会的旅行奖励，以及影响本科生专业水平的指导计划。这些目标将通过开展的活动来实现，这些活动受益于过去几年非常严格的评价工作，这些评价工作已经证明了这些目标的有效性。其中一些活动是为了应对巨大的需求而发展起来的，这反映在参与和兴趣上。其次，我们增加了一些活动，如反映社区所述需求的辅导计划。与总体努力一致，我们寻求增加科学事业中任职人数不足的少数群体的数量，然而，我们在这方面制定了两个主要重点。首先，我们寻求在少数族裔服务机构积极发展教师和学生，这些机构是城市管理教职员工和学生群体往往集中的地方。其次，我们开展的活动将拓宽URM科学家在我们最具竞争力的研究机构培训和追求他们的专业目标的途径和机会。我们的业绩记录、我们项目的创新水平和勤奋的评估工作将最大限度地发挥我们的项目和活动的影响，使科学工作者更好地反映普通民众。这将扩大在科学研究事业中接受教育、培训和就业的机会，预计到2042年，这部分人口将占多数。 相关性：该方案旨在提高未被充分代表的少数群体参与研究事业的程度。这些职业的多样性，特别是领导职位的多样性，与科学政策和资源分配直接相关，而科学政策和资源分配反过来又对健康差距和培训产生直接影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The United States is a leader in scientific research and training but the workforce, especially at the most competitive levels, remains less diverse than the general population. In a country where underrepresented minorities amount to approximately 30% of the population, the collective number of doctorates being produced annually in the Life Sciences and reflected in the STEM disciplines remain below 10%, This is even less among the faculty and training population at the major research centers in the country. The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee has for several years provided national leadership in broadening participation in scientific research. We seek to continue this work through a number of innovative activities that are driven by two overarching aims: 1. Increase participation of underrepresented minorities in the scholarly activities of the American Society for Cell Biology. 2. Provide training opportunities for URM scientists at all levels in the pipeline. The activities under these goals include outreach (Linkage Fellows), training and development (Career development workshops, short courses at the Marine Biological Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), travel awards to the ASCB annual meetings, and mentoring programs impacting undergraduate through professional levels. These goals are to be accomplished through activities that have benefited from a very rigorous evaluation effort in past years that have informed their proven effectiveness. Some of these activities have grown in response to tremendous demand as reflected in participation and interest. Second, we have added activities such as a mentoring program that reflect the stated needs of the community. Consistent with general efforts we seek to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in science careers, however, we have developed two major foci in this respect. First, we seek to aggressively develop faculty and students at the minority serving institutions where the URM faculty and student populations tend to concentrate. Second, we have developed activities that will broaden access and opportunities for URM scientists to train and pursue their professional goals at our most competitive research institutions. Our track record of accomplishment, the level of innovation in our programs and diligent evaluation efforts will maximize the impact of our programs and activities in making the scientific workforce better reflect the general population. This will expand access to the education, training and employment in scientific research careers to a segment of the population expected to comprise a majority by the year 2042. RELEVANCE: This program is aimed at increasing the level of participation of underrepresented minorities in research careers. Diversity in these careers, especially in leadership positions has direct relevance to science policy and resource allocation that in turn have direct implications on health disparities and training.