GROW: Strengthening the Mathematical Workforce

这笔拨款将资助两个相关的会议，旨在解决数学科学领域的性别不平衡问题。第一次会议是为数学科学专业的女性本科生举办的为期一个周末的会议，旨在鼓励在美国学习数学的女性继续她们的研究生水平的数学教育。第二项活动是数学家峰会，其目标是解决影响数学科学中性别失衡的更广泛问题。这次本科生会议名为“女性研究生研究机会”（GROW），是模仿2015年10月在西北大学举办的第一届此类会议，当时吸引了来自数学科学和各种机构的50名本科生，并将汇集80名对纯数学和应用数学感兴趣的女性本科生。与第一次迭代一样，GROW II将结合研究会谈、小组讨论、小组和个人指导、主讲人演讲的宴会以及交流机会。我们还将创建一个框架，让这项活动在未来继续下去，不仅在西北大学，也在其他院校。第二项活动是在下一次GROW活动前两天召开的数学家会议。本次峰会将讨论如何重塑美国数学专业，使其对本科女生更具吸引力；美国不同院校数学专业性别比例差异巨大的原因；并建立一个大使网络，帮助全国其他地区的人们实施类似的项目。这项工作是由美国国家科学基金会数学科学部和本科教育部共同资助的。

This grant will fund two related conferences aimed at addressing gender imbalances within the mathematical sciences. The first conference is a weekend long conference for women undergraduates in the mathematical science, designed to encourage women studying mathematics in the USA to continue their mathematical education at the graduate level. The second activity is a summit of mathematicians, with the goal of addressing the broader issues that affect the gender imbalances in the mathematical sciences. The undergraduate conference, titled Graduate Research Opportunities for Women (GROW) is modeled on the first such conference organized at Northwestern in October 2015, which attracted 50 undergraduates from across the mathematical sciences and a wide variety of institutions, and will bring together 80 women undergraduates interested in pure and applied mathematics. As in the first iteration, GROW II will combine research talks, panel discussions, mentoring in groups and individually, a banquet with speech by a keynote speaker, and networking opportunities. We will also create a framework for this activity to continue into the future, not only at Northwestern but also at other institutions. The second activity is a meeting of mathematicians in the two days before the next incarnation of GROW. This summit will discuss ways in which the US mathematics major can be recrafted to make it more attractive to undergraduate women; reasons behind the substantial differences in gender ratio among mathematics majors at different colleges and universities in the USA; and the creation of a network of ambassadors who will be able to assist people at other locations around the country to implement similar programs. This work is co-funded by the NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Division of Undergraduate Education.