Career Advancement for Women Through Research-Focused Networks

该项目由数学女性协会（AWM）开展，重点是促进研究合作，并为处于职业生涯早期至中期的女数学家建立研究网络。研究合作已经成为数学事业成功的一个日益重要的部分。在理论科学中，与实验室科学不同，没有自然产生合作和导师关系的结构。因此，至关重要的是，妇女在其职业生涯早期就参加其专业领域的研究会议，与其他参与者进行富有成效的互动，并有机会利用以研究为基础的网络。为了促进这种网络，AWM计划组织一系列旨在促进研究合作和建立可持续网络的会议和讲习班。这些网络将在妇女研究合作会议（RCCWs）上建立，RCCWs是在数学研究所举行的为期一周的会议，初级和高级妇女聚集在一起研究预先定义的研究问题。AWM将扩大rccw的数量和范围，并组织一系列后续活动，以帮助维持和发展由此产生的网络。该项目的预期结果包括更多的会议发言邀请，更多的合作研究，参与其中的女性的生产力水平更高，以及减少人员流失。这个项目创建的网络不会是静态的，它将欢迎新的研究人员进入这个领域。通过这个项目进行的研究将侧重于了解研究合作网络在帮助将妇女的研究事业提升到该职业的最高水平方面的有效性。通过促进研究合作和形成具有相关研究兴趣的妇女网络，拟议的讲习班将帮助高级和初级妇女提高她们在研究界的知名度和贡献。该项目还将加深我们对基于共同研究兴趣和共同人口特征的网络和导师关系的影响的理解。为该项目设计的研究和互动研讨会有可能成为未来此类事件和其他理论科学的典范。美国国家科学基金会ADVANCE学习与适应网络伙伴关系（PLAN）项目跟踪支持促进在新环境下适应和实施先前有效的ADVANCE计划的项目，以及测试创新策略以促进女性在STEM学术生涯中的参与、成功和进步的项目。PLAN项目还为STEM学术生涯中的性别平等知识库做出了贡献。

This project by the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) focuses on fostering research collaborations and establishing research networks for women mathematicians in the early to mid-stages of their careers. Research collaborations have become an increasingly essential part of a successful career in mathematics. In theoretical sciences, unlike laboratory sciences, there is no structure in which collaborations and mentor relationships naturally arise. It is thus critical that women, beginning early in their career, attend research conferences in their area of specialization, interact productively with other participants, and have access to research-based networks. To facilitate such networks, AWM plans to organize a series of conferences and workshops aimed at fostering research collaborations and building sustainable networks. These networks will be established at Research Collaboration Conferences for Women (RCCWs), which are week-long conferences, held at mathematics institutes, where junior and senior women come together to work on pre-defined research problems. AWM will expand the number and scope of the RCCWs and organize a series of follow-up events to help sustain and grow the resulting networks. Expected outcomes of this project include more invitations to speak at conferences, more collaborative research, a higher level of productivity for the women involved, and decreased attrition. The networks created by this project will not be static and will welcome new researchers as they enter the field. Studies conducted through this project will focus on understanding the effectiveness of research collaboration networks in helping to advance women's research careers to the highest levels of the profession. By promoting research collaborations and forming networks of women with related research interests, the proposed workshops will help both senior and junior women increase their visibility in and contributions to the research community. This project will also add to our understanding of the impact of networks and mentor relationships based on shared research interests in addition to shared demographic characteristics. The research and interactive seminars designed for this project have the potential to become models for future events of this kind and for other theoretical sciences. The NSF ADVANCE Partnerships for Learning and Adaptation Networks (PLAN) program track supports projects that promote the adaptation and implementation of previously effective ADVANCE programs in new contexts and the testing of innovative strategies to promote the participation, success, and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. PLAN projects also contribute to the knowledge base on gender equity in STEM academic careers.