NextGenPop: Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research

NextGenPop：招募下一代学者进行人口研究

• 批准号: 10270186
• 负责人: Marcia Jeanne Carlson
• 金额: $ 16.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-17 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10270186
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ABSTRACT Informed by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development mission “to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people,” demographic research provides key insights into the population processes that shape health and well-being. Students trained in population science are well-equipped to pursue careers across academic, government, and applied research settings and contribute to advancements in human health and development. There remains, however, a striking lack of racial and ethnic diversity among our PhD programs, researchers, and professional associations that limits the potential of the field. We propose to address this critical challenge with a research education program, NextGenPop, that draws undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds into population science. This is important both for providing opportunities to students who have been historically marginalized and for generating a body of demographic knowledge that fully reflects the diversity of human populations today. Our proposed program will use the pressing growth of inequality as a lens for studying population composition and change, and our training approach will be structured to support the learning and career advancement of diverse students. It is a collaborative initiative across five universities and will be coordinated by the Population Association of America, guided by an external Advisory Committee and regional partners, and supported by a consortium of population centers within the Association of Population Centers. The broad aim of NextGenPop is to significantly increase the pipeline of scholars from underrepresented backgrounds entering the field of population science. It has three specific aims: Aim 1) to introduce advanced undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to foundational demographic concepts and tools; Aim 2) to integrate students’ training in research and professional development; Aim 3) to foster ongoing engagement of program participants in population research and allied fields. These specific aims will be met through an intensive nine-day summer residential program and an infrastructure for ongoing engagement of program participants. The summer program will be hosted in turn by Wisconsin, Cornell, Duke, UC-Irvine, and Minnesota. It will be governed by a strong central coordinating core and share a common curriculum. Unique signature themes each summer will leverage key research strengths of individual population centers. NextGenPop has extensive institutional commitments from its host institutions, other key contributors in the population profession, and wide-ranging organizations that serve underrepresented students. It promises to have significant and sustained impact on the population field by broadening the pipeline and ultimately expanding the kinds of questions, tools, and conceptual frameworks engaged to advance the science, providing a richer perspective on human health, well-being and development.

抽象的 由Eunice Kennedy Shriver国家儿童健康与人类发展研究所告知 使命“确保所有人的健康，生产力，独立性和福祉”，人群 研究为塑造健康和福祉的人口过程提供了关键的见解。学生 接受人口科学培训的培训功能齐全，可以在学术，政府和 应用研究环境，并为人类健康和发展方面的进步做出贡献。那里 但是，在我们的博士计划，研究人员和 专业协会限制了该领域的潜力。我们建议应对这一关键挑战 通过研究教育计划，NextGenPop吸引了人数不足的本科生 人口科学的背景。这对于为学生提供机会 历史上已经被边缘化，并产生了完全反映的人口知识 当今人口的多样性。我们提出的计划将利用不平等的紧迫增长 作为研究人口组成和变化的镜头，我们的培训方法将结构为 支持潜水员学生的学习和职业发展。这是五个的协作倡议 大学，将由美国人口协会协调，在外部的指导下 咨询委员会和区域合作伙伴，并得到了一个人口联盟的支持 人口中心协会。 NextGenPop的广泛目的是显着增加管道 来自人口科学领域的代表性不足背景的学者。它有三个特定的 目的：目标1）将来自代表性不足背景的高级本科生介绍给 基础人口统计概念和工具；目标2）整合学生在研究中的培训和 专业发展；目标3）促进计划参与者在人口中的持续参与 研究和盟军领域。这些特定目标将通过密集的九天夏季住宅实现 计划和计划参与者持续参与的基础架构。夏季计划将 又由威斯康星州，康奈尔，杜克大学，加州大学 - 艾尔文和明尼苏达州托管。它将由一个强大的 中央协调核心并共享一个共同的课程。每年夏天独特的签名主题 利用个人人口中心的关键研究优势。 NextGenPop拥有广泛的机构 其东道机构的承诺，人口行业的其他关键贡献者和广泛的承诺 为代表性不足的学生提供服务的组织。它有望对 人口领域通过扩大管道并最终扩大各种问题，工具和 参与进步科学的概念框架，提供有关人类健康的更丰富的观点， 福祉和发展。