2nd Annual Undergraduate Conference for Women in Physics

该奖项为参加为期两天的物理学女本科生会议的参与者提供旅费支持，该会议的重点是从本科到研究生学习的关键过渡。2007年1月13日至14日，南加州大学将主办第二届物理学女本科生会议。会议的首要目标是为年轻女性提供申请研究生院并成功完成博士学位的信心、动力和资源。具体来说，会议的目标是与会者在离开时提高对当前物理学研究和职业选择的认识，更加熟悉研究生院的经历，申请和在研究生院取得成功的资源，以及物理学女性的一般资源，以及物理学女性的网络。为期两天的活动将汇集物理学专业的女本科生，了解物理学领域的研究现状和就业机会，研究生院的申请过程和经验，以及物理学女性的资源。此外，他们将有机会展示原创研究，与其他学生讨论物理主题，并与在物理事业上取得成功的女教师见面。会议的技术和结果将广为传播。一份会议报告将被发送给其他大学的物理系和管理人员、美国科学学会物理学女性地位委员会、参与州和联邦各级教育和预算决策的政治家以及美国国家科学基金会。分享这次会议的细节将提醒受奖人有必要增加妇女和其他代表性不足的群体在科学领域的代表性，并为他们提供一个成功实现这一目标的模式。该奖项由数学和物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室资助。

This award provides participant travel support for a two-day conference for undergraduate women in physics that focuses on the critical transition from undergraduate to graduate study. On January 13-14, 2007 the University of Southern California will host the Second Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. The conferences overarching aim is to give young women the confidence, motivation and resources to apply to graduate school and successfully complete a PhD. Specifically, the conference objectives are that participants leave with increased awareness of current research and career options in physics, greater familiarity with the graduate school experience, resources for applying to and being successful in graduate school as well as general resources for women in physics, and a network of women in physics. The two-day event will bring together female undergraduate students in physics to learn about current research and career opportunities in physics, the graduate school application process and experience, and resources for women in physics. Additionally they will have the opportunity to present original research, discuss physics topics with other students, and meet women faculty who have successful physics careers. The conference techniques and results will be widely disseminated. A conference report will be sent to physics departments and administrators at other universities, the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, politicians involved in education and budget decisions on the state and federal levels, and the NSF.Sharing the details of the conference will remind the recipients of the need for greater representation of women and other underrepresented groups in the sciences and provide them with a model of successful ways to work toward this goal. This award is funded by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.