Collaborative Research: Design: Strengthening Inclusion by Change in Building Equity, Diversity and Understanding (SICBEDU) in Integrative Biology

合作研究：设计：通过改变综合生物学中的公平、多样性和理解（SICBEDU）来加强包容性

• 批准号: 2335235
• 负责人: Brian Tsukimura
• 金额: $ 44.38万
• 依托单位: California State University-Fresno Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-15 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2335235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Design; Strengthening; Inclusion

While scientific societies have tried to increase diversity through several outreach mechanisms, it has become abundantly clear that systemic changes that impact culture are required to effect true change within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This project will develop how the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), a professional scientific society that is inherently integrative and focused on early career scientists, can lead the way in such transformative cultural changes. To be effective in advancing the pursuit and dissemination of relevant and timely biological knowledge to the public, membership demographics in SICB should reflect that of society. The goal of SICB’s Strengthening Inclusion by Change in Building Equity, Diversity and Understanding (SICBEDU) program is to create a more welcoming and inclusive scientific society that will more organically grow the number of URGs within the membership of the society, helping to enhance their career opportunities as future researchers within SICB disciplines. SICB’s Broadening Participation (BP) Committee has laid the necessary foundation for the success of this culture changing SICBEDU effort. A preponderance of literature suggests that until URGs feel truly included and validated as scientists these increases in diversity are unlikely to lead to true cultural change within STEM fields.SICBEDU plans to build a SICB IDEA community by providing Inclusive, Diversity, Equity, and Acceptance (IDEA) training to the executive committee, which includes division chairs, creating a leadership that engages the society's membership in developing a more equitable and inclusive scientific home for each member, especially those that are traditionally underrepresented. The proposed activities will train leadership such that they become role models for members and provide the necessary tools to implement IDEA. Additionally, SICBEDU will provide development activities centered around IDEA to enable future participation in leadership roles and build community within the society. SICBEDU further educates and guides current members by providing IDEA-based workshops plus important community-building activities. Workshops and integrative activities will be aimed at promoting dialogue among SICB members about the benefits of having a diverse society and working together to build a welcoming and inclusive community of integrative and comparative biologists. SICBEDU activities are invested in training scientists in pioneering ways that will enable future STEM scholars to lead the charge for integrating IDEA into this field of science. The short-term goal is to increase the IDEA knowledge base and support in the society by 10% a year, while the long-term goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive space that allows for creativity, sharing/exchanging ideas, and addresses difficult solutions in STEM amongst the diverse membership. SICBEDU activities provide an avenue that acknowledges complex societal problems and utilizes diverse opinions from different backgrounds to find innovative solutions.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.

虽然科学社会试图通过多种外展机制来增加多样性，但很明显，需要影响文化的系统性变革才能在科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域实现真正的变革。综合与比较生物学学会（SICB）是一个本质上具有综合性并专注于早期职业科学家的专业科学学会，可以在这种变革性的文化变革中发挥引领作用，有效地推进相关和及时的生物学知识的追求和传播。向公众， SICB 的会员人口统计数据应反映社会的人口统计数据 SICB 的“通过改变建立公平、多样性和理解来加强包容性”(SICBEDU) 计划的目标是创建一个更加受欢迎和包容的科学社会，从而更加有机地增加 URG 的数量。 SICB 的扩大参与 (BP) 委员会为 SICBEDU 文化变革的成功奠定了必要的基础。大量文献表明，除非 URG 真正感受到作为科学家的包容和认可，否则多样性的增加不太可能导致 STEM 领域内真正的文化变革。SICBEDU 计划通过提供包容性、多样性、公平性和公平性来建立 SICB IDEA 社区。对包括分部主席在内的执行委员会进行接受（IDEA）培训，建立一个领导层，让学会的成员参与为每个成员（特别是那些传统上代表性不足的成员）建立一个更加公平和包容的科学家园。活动将培训领导力，使他们成为成员的榜样，并提供实施 IDEA 所需的工具。此外，SICBEDU 将提供以 IDEA 为中心的发展活动，以促进未来参与领导角色并在社会内建立社区。通过提供基于 IDEA 的研讨会以及重要的社区建设活动，SICB 成员将致力于促进 SICB 成员之间关于多元化社会的好处的对话，并共同努力建立一个热情和包容的综合社区。 SICBEDU 的活动致力于以开创性的方式培训科学家，使未来的 STEM 学者能够带头将 IDEA 融入这一科学领域。短期目标是增加 IDEA 知识基础和社会支持。每年增长 10%，而长期目标是创建一个欢迎和包容的空间，允许不同成员之间发挥创造力、分享/交流想法并解决 STEM 中的困难解决方案，并提供承认复杂社会的途径。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。