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7 Recommending and Prioritizing Promising Practices
7 Recommending and Prioritizing Promising Practices
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, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; primarily the National Institutes of Health 1 NASA, 2022, "Dual Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR) ," NASA Science Mission Directorate, https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/ dual-anonymous-peer-review.
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Discussion of practices will proceed by tenet and Table 7-1 captures a summary of these opportunities by topic, summarizing existing initiatives and promising practices that may serve as tutorial methods, guidance, or anecdotal evidence. PROMISING PRACTICES: CLARITY OF SCIENCE FOR EFFICIENT RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SUPPORT Key attributes and indicators include (1)
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Successful implementations have been accomplished by a few states, for example, the Washington State Municipal Research and Service Center provide examples of how to support proposal and plan development specifically focused on DEIA.8 Promising practices on demographics and attributes are demonstrated by multiple agencies in the collection, transparency, monitoring, and actionable efforts associated with relevant population demographics. In addition, at the beginning of the Biden administration, the Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, was issued with the intent of setting an expectation "to cultivate a workforce that draws from the full diversity of the nation." As the order notes, "a first step 4 The White House, 2021, Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equityand-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government.
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• AGU through its Bridge program efforts and Ethics Center are collecting data on key diversity and professionalism metrics. • AGI continuously monitors the Earth science research community demographics and activities and conducts ongoing surveys of new graduates at all levels for educational, professional, and interpersonal experiences in their science education, leading to insights on the emerging Earth science workforce.
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OPM has conducted surveys of Senior Executive Service employees.14 These might provide guidance for exit interviews. PROMISING PRACTICES: SUSTAINING A DIVERSE SCIENCE ENTERPRISE THROUGH OUTREACH, ACCEPTANCE, AND DEVELOPMENT Key attributes and indicators include (1)
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should develop a mentor-protégé pro gram for minority serving institutions, including historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, Asian American and Pacific Islander–serving institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian institutions, Native American–serving non-tribal institutions, predominantly Black institutions, etc., to help them train and develop principal investiga tors and researchers. In addition, SMD should continue to work closely with outside professional societies -- for example, the American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, etc., in development and expansion of mentoring programs.
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Leveraging OSTEMs community of Space Grant Consortia, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) , and Minority University Research Education Program (MUREP)
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Science Activation program, graduate Future Investigators in NASA Earth & Space Sciences and Technology (FINESST) fellowships, NASA Mission Design and Planetary Science Summer Schools, undergraduate NASA Internships, and the NASA Postdoc Program (NPP)
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PROMISING PRACTICES: COMMUNITY STANDARDS OF CONDUCT Key attributes and indicators include clearly established policy and self-policing processes. NIH and NSF have developed promising community standards of conduct.
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data proposer community in on initial career choices developing and execut- • NIH research solicitation to partner with ing DEIA plans social scientists to generate data on change and science • Local government resources by state fo cused on plan development and execution in local communitiesh Sustaining a diverse sci- • Mentoring • Career pathing • Mentoring 365 ence enterprise through • Developing diverse, inclu- • EPO Programs on specific NASA SMD outreach, acceptance, sive, respectful environments Programs (Emerging Practices -- for exand development • Visible career pathing ample, L'SPACE) • Diversity outreach • EPO Programs in NASA STMD • UCAR SOARS
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," https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/cov. c The White House, 2021, Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-andaccessibility-in-the-federal-workforce.
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Preparation for a changed future will require that SMD reach across communities and constituencies. The committee looks forward to the new perspectives and resulting new discovery, as SMD, and hopefully NASA overall advocate for and reinforce expectations of the space and Earth science community to push for acceptance beyond inclusion, building the confidence and competence of every member as they enable broader and more exciting revelations.
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