This catalog of external and internal resources has been collected by the LNO staff and committees and continues to grow each month. Here you’ll find toolkits, references, reports, and videos. It can be filtered by topic, format, and primary audience.
Together, the National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy developed a program centered around a rigorous externship—a highly relevant training, mentoring and research experience for people ages 18-25.
Creators: the National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) is an undergraduate-to-graduate bridge program designed to broaden participation of historically underrepresented communities in the atmospheric and related sciences.
Creators: UCAR
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The Environmental Data Science Inclusion Network (EDSIN) is dedicated to facilitating and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the environmental and data science fields. You can join by following the instructions on their website
Creators: The Environmental Data Science Inclusion Network (EDSIN)
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History created Inclusive Conservation Community Initiative (ICON). Through a combined approach of research, mentoring, training, and outreach communication, and other activities, ICON supports individuals and organizations as they compile resources, build networks, communities of practice, new ideas, and pathways to conservation careers.
Creators: American Museum of Natural History
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (DDCSP) works to increase the number of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups who choose to pursue coursework and careers in conservation. The program also creates space for important conversations about diversity and inclusion as it pertains to the conservation and environmental fields.
Creators: Doris Duke Foundation
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
The Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability program (SEEDS) is the flagship award-winning education program of the Ecological Society of America. Its mission is to diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students to participate, and to lead in ecology.
Creators: Ecological Society of America
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
The AGU Bridge Program aims to advance opportunities for all students in graduate geoscience departments and to support cohorts of students pursuing advanced degrees in the geosciences. Talent is equally distributed, but opportunities are not. By providing support to students, the program recognizes the potential for all students to excel in the geosciences.
Creators: AGU: Advancing Earth and Space Sciences
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
The Avarna organization provides learning experiences, assessments, implementation planning, mentorship and coaching, intentional convenings, and resources for the outdoor and environmental sector. They have made their toolkit for mitigating bias in recruitment and hiring freely available.
Creators: Avarna
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
As you expand recruiting efforts — whether for students, faculty, staff, or proposals — a strategic recruitment plan can help you decide how to prioritize time and resources. What does it take to make an institution more diverse? (Nature, 6 June 2018) offers some ideas for getting started.
Creators: Virginia Gewin
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization
Fundamentally, tackling racism and intolerance in science requires an acknowledgement from us all that it exists. This is a call on senior scientists to speak up and to invite others to do so.
Creators: Devang Mehta
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
All of us encounter many opportunities in our lives to either mentor, or be mentored; and in any mentoring relationship the responsibility to foster and guide the process falls to both the mentor and the mentee. The goal of this online manual is to highlight the value of mentoring and to help students, faculty, and administrators be better mentees, and become better mentors.
Creators: Institute for Broadening Participation
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, student
It’s easy to get stuck in an endless whirl of grants and papers. Jeffrey McDonnell offers tips for becoming a leader in your field to ascend to the next professional level.
Creators: Jeffrey McDonnell
Audience(s): educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
Audience(s): educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
The Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) is an international peer-mentoring network of women in the Earth Sciences, many of whom are in the early stages of their careers. They promote career development, build community, provide opportunities for informal mentoring and support, and facilitate professional collaborations.
Creators: Earth Science Women's Network
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The curricula, called Entering Mentoring, is for mentors of research trainees. It was originally developed for mentors across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) disciplines at different career stages, working with undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
Creators: CIMER
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Research mentor training (RMT), based on the published Entering Mentoring curricula series, has been shown to improve the knowledge and skills of research mentors across career stages, as self-reported by both the mentors engaged in training and their mentees. This paper describes the train-the-trainer workshop program at CIMER.
Creators: Christine Pfund, Kimberly C. Spencer, Pamela Asquith, Stephanie C. House, Sarah Miller, Christine A. Sorkness
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student