This $351,684 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the "Collaborative Research: Utilizing Professional Societies to Achieve a Reinforcing Transformative Culture (UPSTART Culture) - The Geosciences" project at the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to leverage professional societies to create an iteratively reinforcing learning ecosystem to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geosciences workforce.
The key activities include: 1) introducing underrepresented geoscience students and professional society mentors to identity development, social capital building, and networking activities; 2) providing skill-building workshops, short courses, and field trips for the students with feedback to the societies on inclusive practices; and 3) tasking the students with their mentors to refine inclusionary practices and develop leadership within the professional societies. The goal is to deliberately disrupt the geoscience culture, establish a process for long-term systemic changes, and promote a more equitable, inclusive, and representative geoscience community. This 5-year project is scheduled to begin on September 1, 2024.
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