SACNAS: Recruiting and Tracking Chicano/Latino and Native American Students in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

九月2000年6月，大卫·R. BurgessSociety for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science（SACNAS）这个奖项授予了Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science（SACNAS），使该组织能够招募大约100名拉丁裔和美洲原住民本科生参加2000年SACNAS全国会议。 这次会议将于2000年10月12日至15日在亚特兰大举行。 在会议上，学生们将在本科生和研究生海报会议上展示研究成果。 学生们还将参加一些研讨会和研讨会，为研究生院的申请过程做好准备。 为了补充这些活动，一些研究生院的代表将在一个展览厅向学生提供服务。 这些代表将与学生谈论他们的研究生课程，并收集他们的简历。 从历史上看，SACNAS全国会议的重点是来自化学，生物学和健康相关学科的学生。 近年来，SACNAS一直在扩大其范围，包括工程以及其他科学相关领域。 因此，SACNAS计划开始反映NSF的资金概况。 这一更新奖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增加对非生物医学科学和工程感兴趣的SACNAS会议与会者的数量。 从长远来看，预计在NSF相关的科学和工程活动中，拉丁美洲人和美洲原住民的人数将有所增加。该奖项由工程部、社会、行为和经济科学部以及数学和物理科学部共同支持。

Sept. 6, 2000David R. BurgessSociety for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)This award to the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) enables the organization to recruit approximately 100 Latino and Native American undergraduate students to participate in the 2000 SACNAS National Conference. This meeting will be held in Atlanta, Oct. 12-15, 2000. At the conference the students will present research results in the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Poster Session. The students will also participate in a number of workshops and seminars to prepare them for the graduate school application process. To complement those activities, a number of graduate school representatives will be available to the students in an exhibit hall. These representatives will be talking to the students about their graduate programs and collecting their resumes. Historically, the SACNAS National Conferences have focused on students from chemistry, biology, and health-related disciplines. In recent years SACNAS has been expanding its scope to include engineering as well as other science-related fields. Thus, the SACNAS program is beginning to reflect the funding profile of NSF. This renewal award provides support to continue that broadening process. Short-term goals of this activity include an increase in the number of SACNAS conference attendees with interests in the non-biomedical sciences and engineering. In the longer term, increases in Latinos and Native Americans in NSF-relevant science and engineering activities are expected.This award is supported jointly by the Directorates for Engineering; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; and Mathematical and Physical Sciences.