The Leadership Alliance National Symposium

 描述(申请人提供)：领导力联盟是由35所领先的研究和教学院校和私营行业组成的全国性合作伙伴关系。该联盟直接解决的社会问题是，在学院担任教育者、领导者和决策者的少数族裔和少数族裔的代表性不足，参与程度相对较低。联盟对克服这一差异的贡献是扩大这些学生接受竞争性培训的机会，并增加他们对学术事业的参与。该联盟采用的战略旨在通过提供积极、持续的指导过程，通过研究生培训和早期职业任命，促进这些群体中青年科学家的发现、激励和进步。培训和指导从本科阶段开始，通过与领导力联盟全国研讨会(LANS)相联系的全国夏季研究早期识别计划(SR-EIP)开始。LANS的长期目标是促进一批不同的受训人员沿着博士培训途径进入研究队伍。LANS还响应NIGMS的优先事项，提供学术交流的机会，以促进对生物过程的了解，这是下一代科学家教育发展的关键。以下目标旨在满足这一关键的社会需求，并支持联盟和NIGMS的共同目标：1.开展有效的会议活动，在研究生培训和研究生涯中增加招聘和留住人数不足的学生。2.提供全面的指导和网络机会，明确学业和职业过渡。3.创建一个教师社区，建立纵向关系，促进学生的教育和专业发展。LANS具有重要的价值，因为它有助于发展准备成功攻读高级学位的研究人员，并为多样化和有竞争力的劳动力做出贡献。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Leadership Alliance is a national partnership of 35 leading research and teaching colleges and universities and private industry. The Alliance addresses directly the societal issue of the relatively low participation of underrepresented racia and ethnic minorities in the academy as educators, leaders and decision makers. The Alliance's contribution to overcoming this discrepancy is to expand the opportunities for these students to access competitive training and increase their participation in the academic enterprise. Strategies employed by the Alliance are designed to facilitate the identification, motivation and progression of young scientists from these populations through graduate training and early career appointments through the provision of an active, continuous mentoring process. The training and mentoring begins at the undergraduate level with a national Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) that is linked to the Leadership Alliance National Symposium (LANS). The long-term goal of the LANS is to enhance the progression of a diverse group of trainees along doctoral training pathways and into the research workforce. The LANS also responds to the priorities of the NIGMS by providing an opportunity for scholarly exchange to promote the understanding of biological processes, key to the educational development of the next generation of scientists. The following aims are designed to address this critical societal need and support the mutual goals of both the Alliance and NIGMS: 1. Develop effective conference activities that increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in graduate training and research careers. 2. Provide comprehensive mentoring and networking opportunities that clarify academic and career transitions. 3. Create a community of faculty to establish longitudinal relationships that will enhance student educational & professional development. The LANS is of significant value because it contributes to the development of researchers poised to successfully pursue advanced degrees and contribute to a diverse and competitive workforce.