%AHenkhaus, Natalie [Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY USA]%ABusch, Wolfgang [Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla CA USA]%AChen, Angela [Spring Valley CA USA]%AColón‐Carmona, Adán [University of Massachusetts Boston Boston MA USA]%ACothran, Maya [Flow Health Atlanta GA USA]%ADiaz, Nicolas [Absci Vancouver WA USA]%ADundore‐Arias, Jose [California State University Monterey Bay Seaside CA USA]%AGonzales, Michael [University of Georgia Athens GA USA]%AHadziabdic, Denita [Entomology and Plant Pathology University of Tennessee Knoxville TN USA]%AHayes, Rebecca [University of Oregon Eugene OR USA]%AMacIntosh, Gustavo [Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Iowa State University Ames IA USA]%ANa, Ali [Film and Media Queen's University Kingston ON Canada]%ANyamasoka‐Magonziwa, Blessing [Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA]%APater, Dianne [Vassar College Poughkeepsie NY USA]%APeritore‐Galve, F. [Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville TN USA]%APhelps‐Durr, Tara [Biological Sciences Fort Hays State University Hays KS USA]%ARouhier, Kerry [Department of Chemistry Kenyon College Gambier OH USA]%ASickler, Delanie [Education and Outreach Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY USA]%AStarnes, John [Mathematics and Sciences Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green KY USA]%ATyler, Quentin [College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA]%AValdez‐Ward, Evelyn [University of Rhode Island Irvine CA USA]%AVega‐Sánchez, Miguel [Crop Science Division Bayer Chesterfield MO USA]%AWalcott, Ron [College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences/Plant Pathology University of Georgia Athens GA USA]%AWard, Joy [Dean of Arts and Sciences Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH USA]%AWyatt, Sarah [Env. and Plant Biology Ohio University Athens OH USA]%AZapata, Felipe [Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA]%AZemenick, Ash [Sagehen Creek Field Station University of California, Berkeley Truckee CA USA]%AStern, David [Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY USA]%BJournal Name: Plant Direct; Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 8; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-23 12:36:33 %D2022%IWiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons) %JJournal Name: Plant Direct; Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 8; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-23 12:36:33 %K %MOSTI ID: 10370342 %PMedium: X %TRemoving systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop “Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences” %XAbstract

A future in which scientific discoveries are valued and trusted by the general public cannot be achieved without greater inclusion and participation of diverse communities. To envision a path towards this future, in January 2019 a diverse group of researchers, educators, students, and administrators gathered to hear and share personal perspectives on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the plant sciences. From these broad perspectives, the group developed strategies and identified tactics to facilitate and support EDI within and beyond the plant science community. The workshop leveraged scenario planning and the richness of its participants to develop recommendations aimed at promoting systemic change at the institutional level through the actions of scientific societies, universities, and individuals and through new funding models to support research and training. While these initiatives were formulated specifically for the plant science community, they can also serve as a model to advance EDI in other disciplines. The proposed actions are thematically broad, integrating into discovery, applied and translational science, requiring and embracing multidisciplinarity, and giving voice to previously unheard perspectives. We offer a vision of barrier‐free access to participation in science, and a plant science community that reflects the diversity of our rapidly changing nation, and supports and invests in the training and well‐being of all its members. The relevance and robustness of our recommendations has been tested by dramatic and global events since the workshop. The time to act upon them is now.

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