| Title: |
Scientific Societies Fostering Inclusive Scientific Environments through Travel Awards: Current Practices and Recommendations |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Segarra, Verónica A.; Vega, Leticia R.; Primus, Clara; Etson, Candice; Guillory, Ashley N.; Edwards, Ashanti; Flores, Sonia C.; Fry, Catherine; Ingram, Susan L.; Lawson, Mark; McGee, Richard; Paxson, Stephanie; Phelan, Laura; Suggs, Kirsta; Vuong, Elizabeth; Hammonds-Odie, Latanya; Leibowitz, Michael J.; Zavala, MariaElena; Lujan, J. Luis; Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina |
| Source: |
CBE - Life Sciences Education. Essay 3 Jun 2020 19(2). |
| Availability: |
American Society for Cell Biology. 8120 Woodmont Avenue Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-2762. Tel: 301-347-9300; Fax: 301-347-9310; e-mail: ascbinfo@ascb.org; Website: http://www.ascb.org |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
10 |
| Publication Date: |
2020 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institutes of Health (DHHS); National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: |
T36GM008622; R25GM116707; 1744098 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: |
Professional Associations; Inclusion; Travel; Scientists; Professional Development; Disproportionate Representation; Committees; Diversity; Minority Groups; Conferences (Gatherings); Social Networks; Communities of Practice; Costs; Sense of Community; Program Implementation; Financial Support |
| DOI: |
10.1187/cbe.19-11-0262 |
| ISSN: |
1931-7913 |
| Abstract: |
Diversity-focused committees continue to play essential roles in the efforts of professional scientific societies to foster inclusion and facilitate the professional development of underrepresented minority (URM) young scientists in their respective scientific disciplines. Until recently, the efforts of these committees have remained independent and disconnected from one another. Funding from the National Science Foundation has allowed several of these committees to come together and form the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success, herein referred to as ACCESS. The overall goal of this meta-organization is to create a community in which diversity-focused committees can interact, synergize, share their collective experiences, and have a unified voice on behalf of URM trainees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. In this Essay, we compare and contrast the broad approaches that scientific societies in ACCESS use to implement and assess their travel award programs for URM trainees. We also report a set of recommendations, including both short- and long-term outcomes assessment in populations of interest and specialized programmatic activities coupled to travel award programs. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2020 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1255225 |
| Database: |
ERIC |