SACNAS: Leading Students to Careers in Science and Engineering Research and Education

授予奇卡诺人和美洲原住民科学促进会(SACNAS)的这一奖项使该组织能够从非生物医学科学领域招募大约100名美国原住民和拉丁裔本科生和研究生，参加1999年SACNAS全国会议，该会议将于1999年10月7日至10日在波特兰举行。在会议上，这些学生将介绍他们所参与的研究活动的结果，并参加旨在帮助他们为随后的教育和就业目标进行规划的辅导会议。此外，计划举行为期一天的会议，NSF工作人员将介绍基金会支持研究和教育活动的机会。从历史上看，SACNAS国家会议主要关注具有生物医学背景和兴趣的学生，主要是因为这些会议的财政支持主要由国家卫生研究院提供。1998财政年度，国家科学基金会向SACNAS提供了支持，以拓宽会议的学科视角，将反映在国家科学基金会投资组合中的那些学科包括在内。这一延期奖励为继续扩大这一进程提供了支持。这项活动的短期目标包括显着增加SACNAS会议上对非生物医学科学和工程学感兴趣的学生人数。从长远来看，预计与NSF相关的科学和工程活动中拉美裔和美洲原住民的人数将会增加。该奖项由生物科学、计算机和信息科学与工程、教育和人力资源、地球科学、数学和物理科学、社会、行为和经济科学以及美国国家科学基金会综合活动办公室共同支持。

This award to the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) enables that organization to recruit approximately 100 Native American and Latino undergraduate and graduate students from the non-biomedical sciences to participate in the 1999 SACNAS National Conference to be held in Portland, OR on October 7-10, 1999. At the conference, these students will present results of research activities in which they have been involved and also attend mentoring sessions designed to assist them in planning for subsequent educational and employment pursuits. Additionally, a day-long session is planned in which NSF staff will describe opportunities for Foundation support of research and education activities.Historically, SACNAS national conferences have focussed on students with biomedical backgrounds and interests, primarily because financial support for these conferences has been provided largely by the National Institutes of Health. In FY 1998, NSF provided support to SACNAS to broaden the disciplinary perspective of the conference to include those disciplines that are reflected in the investment portfolios of NSF. This renewal award provides support to continue that broadening process. Short-term goals of this activity include a marked increase in the number of SACNAS conference student attendees with interests in the non-biomedical sciences and engineering. In the longer term, increases in Latino and Native Americans in NSF-relevant science and engineering activities are expected. This award is jointly supported by the Directorates for Biological Sciences; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Education and Human Resources; Geosciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; and the NSF Office of Integrative Activities.