Training for Change: The SACNAS Plan for Broadening Participation in Research

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案将支持一个包容性的多学科全国会议，其中包括杰出的主题演讲者，学生演讲者，科学/专业研讨会，以及代表性不足的少数民族（URM）榜样和导师，每年总计近4，000名参与者（2013-2018）。SACNAS将增加来自URM社区的有竞争力的生物医学和行为科学家的数量。战略将包括参与和支持个人在所有阶段的中学后管道/途径辅助培训计划，旨在推进参与者到他们的下一个学术或职业阶段。在过去的六年里，SACNAS会议的出席人数每年增长12%，导致需要更大的场地和额外的资源。更重要的是，参与人数的增加突出了SACNAS全国会议为这些不断增加的人口提供的重要服务。 SACNAS是一个广泛包容的组织，专注于西班牙裔和美洲原住民的进步，但对所有人开放。此外，SACNAS提供辅助培训服务已有近40年的历史，并拥有完善的基础设施，包括专家工作人员、志愿者和会议管理能力，以执行这一建议。最近的努力包括通过迅速增加的SACNAS学生分会和SACNAS夏季领导力研究所全年支持参与者;这些努力为支持科学保留和完成的参与者提供了强大且经常改变生活的体验。此外，SACNAS与AAAS合作，每年将为30名博士后，早期职业和中期职业水平的参与者提供领导力发展计划。在每次会议上，另外40名博士后将接受必要的培训和指导，以竞争学术和非学术职位。一个由30名美国原住民本科生组成的精选小组将参加会前和会后活动，这些活动将为他们参加会议做准备。保持队列将促进在传统和支持性环境中的小组学习。 此外，每年有400名URM本科旅行获奖者将有机会在全国会议上向支持导师展示他们的研究。在线互动工具和摘要审查程序也将确保高质量的准备工作。最后，研究生课程将专门设计，以帮助每年100名研究生实现研究独立，完成论文，并确保适当的博士后职位。 有效的评价已日益成为南亚国家合作委员会辅助培训的核心;因此，根据这项建议，南亚国家合作委员会将把衡量成功的重点从基于活动的评价转向基于成果的评价。在过去的几十年里，不断改进的会议活动将继续保持这一高效会议的势头，并确保有竞争力的URM科学家的数量增加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will support an inclusive multidisciplinary national conference featuring distinguished keynote speakers, student presenters, scientific/professional symposia, and underrepresented minority (URM) role models and mentors totaling close to 4,000 participants per year (2013-2018). SACNAS will increase the number of competitively prepared biomedical and behavioral scientists from URM communities. Strategies will include engaging and supporting individuals at all stages of the postsecondary pipeline/pathway in ancillary training programs designed to advance participants to their next academic or career stage. Over the last six years, the SACNAS conference attendance has grown 12% per year resulting in a need for larger venues and additional resources. More importantly, the growth in participation underlines the crucial services that the SACNAS National Conference provides to these increasing populations. SACNAS is a broadly inclusive organization with a focus on Hispanic and Native American advancement, but is open to all. Furthermore, SACNAS has a nearly 40-year history delivering ancillary training services and has a well-developed infrastructure including expert staff, volunteers, and conference management capabilities to execute this proposal. Recent efforts include year-round support to participants through the rapidly increasing SACNAS student chapters and the SACNAS Summer Leadership Institute; these efforts produce powerful and often life-changing experiences for the participants that support science retention and completion. Moreover, in partnership with AAAS, SACNAS will deliver the leadership development program per year to 30 participants at postdoctoral, early career and midcareer levels. At each conference, an additional 40 postdocs will receive the necessary training and coaching to be competitive for academic and nonacademic positions. And a select group of 30 Native American undergraduates will participate in pre- and post-conference activities that will prepare and focus their participation at the conference. Maintaining cohorts will foster group learning in a traditioal and supportive environment. Furthermore, per year 400 URM undergraduate travel awardees will be provided the opportunity to present their research to supportive mentors at the National Conference. On-line interactive tools and abstract review processes will also ensure high quality preparation. Lastly, graduate student programs will be designed specifically to assist 100 graduate students per year in achieving research independence, completing a dissertation, and securing an appropriate postdoc position. Effective evaluation has become increasingly central to SACNAS' ancillary training; therefore, with this proposal, SACNAS will shift the focus of its measured success from activity-based to outcome-based evaluation. Continuation of the ever improving conference activities built over the past decades will sustain the momentum of this highly effective conference and ensure the number of competitive URM scientists increases.