Snowmass 2021 Community Survey Report

TL;DR

The Snowmass 2021 Community Survey provides a comprehensive assessment of the high-energy particle and astrophysics community, highlighting demographic, career, outlook, and cultural data to inform future policies and community development.

Contribution

This report is the first large-scale survey capturing diverse demographic, career, and cultural insights within the HEPA community to guide future initiatives.

Findings

High engagement with nearly 1500 interactions

Insights into demographic and career trends

Recommendations for cultural and policy improvements

Abstract

The Snowmass Community Survey was designed by the Snowmass Early Career (SEC) Survey Core Initiative team between April 2020 and June 2021, and released to the community on June 28, 2021. It aims to be a comprehensive assessment of the state of the high-energy particle and astrophysics (HEPA) community, if not the field, though the Snowmass process is largely based within the United States. Among other topics, some of the central foci of the Survey were to gather demographic, career, physics outlook, and workplace culture data on a large segment of the Snowmass community. With nearly $1500$ total interactions with the Survey, the SEC Survey team hopes the findings and discussions within this report will be of service to the community over the next decade. Some conclusions should reinforce the aspects of HEPA which are already functional and productive, while others should strengthen arguments for cultural and policy changes within the field.