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The committee recognizes that introducing change, whether accepting new opportunities, addressing changing environments, and/or welcoming new ways to do business, while encouraging and embracing new generations of members to the science and research community, will likely shift existing power structures, introduce new challenges, and require adjusting paradigms. A tool to track and measure intentional and unintentional consequences of this complex multi-objective problem, capturing impacts on science, the existing community, and the anticipated community, would assist in measuring 4 NASA, 2022, "Science Advisory Committees," NASA Science Mission Directorate, https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/nac/science-advisory committees.
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A healthy research community should be availed of proven capabilities and encouraged to push for solutions (NASEM 2021; NRC 2007a, 2011a,b) .6 Data on successful/unsuccessful applications of any of these emerging practices in individual science disciplines and by user communities would be helpful in tracking new opportunities for implementation in sister disciplines, buoyed by success in a related space science area.
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Evolving definitions include shifting to a broader definition that includes complete access, assuring that all obstacles, whether physical or psychological, do not serve as impediments to any individual's potential achievement. The current administration, as stated in Executive Order 13985, "Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government," has also acknowledged the need to consider a broader definition of accessibility to include access, particularly for communities and populations that have been underserved.
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This chapter covers the attributes and required data of today's community, more discussion on future attributes, and highlights of programs that have demonstrated positive change. TODAY'S WORKFORCE The space, Earth, and biological and physical sciences research community includes civil servants at NASA, employees at federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs)
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The phase 1 Report Status was released in February 2021.2 Results focused on four main topics: current state of the NASA science workforce, career paths, leadership development, and project scientist role and authority. The SMD study group identified several gaps in communication of clear career paths, defining scientist roles and responsibilities at multiple levels, and training.
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