HBCU-UP Conferences

美国科学促进会(AAAS)将协调2007、2008和2009年为国家科学基金会(NSF)历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)获奖者举办的本科生研究会议。大会的形式将包括：(A)会议前研讨会和专业发展，以及针对HBCU教职员工和管理人员的海报会议，重点是本科教育的课程创新，包括加强本科研究计划和评估；(B)为期两天半的HBCU本科生大会，将包括海报和口头演示，以及关于申请和坚持研究生院或科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学士学位就业的会议。其他会议特色将包括展示研究生项目、奖学金、夏季本科生研究项目和就业机会的参展商。每一次会议的发展和实施将历时15个月。会议将根据HBCU-UP教职员工规划委员会的建议进行规划。每个会议的最终主题将由规划委员会决定，但将围绕加强HBCU的STEM研究能力的战略，并为HBCU的学生提供顺利过渡到STEM劳动力或研究生课程所需的知识和技能。根据过去的参展人数，预计每年约有800人参加：包括425名学生、175名教职员工和140名参展商。其他受邀者将包括项目主任、来自NSF、其他联邦机构和基金会的官员和工作人员，以及来自企业、专业协会和媒体的代表。会议还将与NSF研究生教育和教授联盟(AGEP)计划以及研究生教育和研究综合培训计划(IGERT)招聘网络进行协调。AGEP和IGERT项目都试图扩大研究生和博士队伍中代表性不足群体的参与。对每个会议的评估将记录与会者打算在会议结束后立即采取的行动，在线跟踪调查将收集教职员工和获奖者在会议结束三个月后采取的行动。宣传前和宣传后将由美国科学促进会公共计划办公室管理，产品将包括一个网站和一本包含学生摘要的会议计划手册，每年将制作一本。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will coordinate the 2007, 2008 and 2009 undergraduate student research conferences for awardees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). The general conference format will include: (a) pre-conference workshops and professional development, as well as poster sessions for faculty and administrators from HBCU focused on curricular innovations in undergraduate education, including strengthening undergraduate research programs and evaluation; and (b) a 2-1/2 day general conference for undergraduate students from HBCUs that will include posters and oral presentations and sessions on applying for and persisting in graduate school or science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) bachelor degree employment. Other conference features will include exhibitors showcasing graduate programs, fellowships, summer undergraduate research programs, and employment opportunities. Development and implementation of each of the conferences will span a 15 month period. The conferences will be planned with advice from a planning committee of HBCU-UP faculty. The final themes for each of the conferences will be decided with the planning committee but will center on strategies to strengthen the STEM research capacity at HBCUs and provide students from HBCUs with the knowledge and skills needed to smoothly transition into the STEM workforce or into graduate programs. Based on past participation numbers about 800 participants per year are expected: including 425 students, 175 faculty, and 140 exhibitors. Other invitees will include program directors, officers and staff from NSF, other federal agencies and foundations, and representatives from businesses, professional societies, and the media. The conference will also be coordinated with the NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program and the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) Recruitment Network. Both the AGEP and IGERT programs seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in graduate school and the Ph.D. workforce. The evaluation for each of the conferences will capture actions that participants intend to take immediately after the conference and an online follow-up survey will capture actions that faculty and awardees take three months after the conference. Pre- and post-publicity will be managed by the AAAS Office of Public Programs and products will include a web site and a conference program book with student abstracts will be produced each year.