PROJECT THOUGHT-LEADERSHIP PAPER

LED-BIO Thought-leadership Paper 2022    - Click here to Download!

Leveraging, Enhancing, and Developing Biology (LED-BIO): Scientific Societies Shedding Light on Persistent Cultural Challenges is a three year (2022-2024) project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) BIO-LEAPS Research Coordination Network (RCN) grant mechanism. The goal of LED-BIO is to create a network of scholars that will crowdsource solutions to three persistent challenges that scientific societies face as they strive to build inclusive and equitable communities. The three challenges are:

  • Lack of data to track scientific society membership demographic composition
  • Lack of integration of scientists in transitional stages of their careers into disciplinary COPs
  • Lack of diversity among highly visible thought leaders, including speakers in scientific programs As...

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LED-BIO program
Funding provided by the National Science Foundation
Questions? Email veronica.segarra@goucher.edu