Alliance for Building Faculty Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences

数学科学教师多样性建设联盟

• 批准号: 0946431
• 负责人: Hien Tran
• 金额: $ 492.76万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0946431&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Alliance; Building; Faculty; Diversity; Mathematical

An alliance comprised of NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes and seven major research universities with a good record of mentoring minority mathematics graduate students will offer post-doctoral fellowships to new Ph.D.s for a period of up to three years. The program specifically targets minority candidates. A typical 3-year postdoctoral fellow will spend 1 year at a national institute and 2 years at the host institution (university), which will provide mentoring and other support. The Alliance universities are (listed alphabetically): Arizona State University, Howard University, Iowa Alliance (University of Iowa and Iowa State University), North Carolina State University, University of Arizona, and University of Nebraska. The Alliance NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes are (listed alphabetically): American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), Institute For Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI), Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI/IAS), and Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI).Despite slowly increasing numbers of undergraduate and graduate students in math coming from underrepresented groups, there remain very few minority faculty members in the mathematical sciences, especially at Research I Universities. An explicit goal of this proposal is to increase this number. The career track of most faculty at the best universities includes a strong postdoctoral experience in which they build their research portfolio and broaden their understanding of mathematics and its community. This postdoctoral fellowship program will allow strong Ph.D.s, especially those from underrepresented groups, to reach their full potential. Additionally, increasing the number of minority faculty will provide role models for undergraduates and graduate students, thereby encouraging underrepresented groups at all levels to continue in STEM fields in general and mathematics in particular.

由NSF数学科学研究所和七所主要研究型大学组成的联盟，在指导少数民族数学研究生方面有着良好的记录，将为新的博士提供为期三年的博士后奖学金。该计划专门针对少数民族候选人。一个典型的3年博士后研究员将在国家研究所工作1年，在主办机构（大学）工作2年，这将提供指导和其他支持。联盟大学包括：亚利桑那州立大学、霍华德大学、爱荷华州联盟（爱荷华州大学和爱荷华州州立大学）、北卡罗来纳州州立大学、亚利桑那大学和内布拉斯加大学。NSF数学科学研究所联盟（按顺序列出）：美国数学研究所（AIM）、数学及其应用研究所（IMA）、纯粹与应用数学研究所（IPAM）、数学生物科学研究所（MBI）、数学科学研究所（MSRI）、帕克城数学研究所尽管来自代表性不足群体的数学专业本科生和研究生人数缓慢增加，在数学科学领域，特别是在研究型大学，少数民族教师仍然很少。该提案的一个明确目标是增加这一数字。最好的大学的大多数教师的职业轨迹包括强大的博士后经验，他们在其中建立自己的研究组合，并扩大他们对数学及其社区的理解。 这个博士后奖学金计划将允许强大的博士，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体，以充分发挥其潜力。 此外，增加少数民族教师的数量将为本科生和研究生提供榜样，从而鼓励各级代表性不足的群体继续在STEM领域，特别是数学领域。