Broadening Participation in Economics

该奖项用于资助本科生参加美国经济协会暑期培训计划。AEASTP的目标是帮助有才华的本科生学习技能并进行经济学研究，为博士水平的学习做准备。该计划对所有符合条件的学生开放，不分种族、民族或性别。组织者特别努力从经济学专业中代表性不足的群体中招收学生。该项目将研究经验与密集的课程和职业指导结合在一起。该项目目前由新墨西哥大学进行。成功的经济学博士学习之路可能是坎坷的，特别是对于来自少数族裔服务机构和研究重点不强的机构的学生。障碍包括：本科经济学课程往往面向最受欢迎的学生职业目标-商业-而不是博士学习，对申请过程不熟悉，以及经济限制。其中一个后果是，在美国，几个重要的人口群体在经济学方面的代表性不足。AEASTP以直接的方式解决了这些障碍。

This award funds the participation of undergraduate students in the American Economic Association Summer Training Program. The goal of the AEASTP is to help talented undergraduate students learn skills and conduct research in economics in preparation for studies at the doctoral level. The program is in open to all qualified students regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender. Organizers make special efforts to recruit students from groups under-represented in the economics profession. The program combines a research experience with intensive coursework and career mentoring. The program is currently conducted by the University of New Mexico.The road to successful Ph.D. study in economics can be a rocky one, especially for students coming from minority-serving institutions and institutions that do not have a strong research focus. Obstacles include undergraduate economics curricula that are often oriented towards the most popular student career goal - business - than Ph.D. study, a lack of familiarity with the application process, and financial limitations. One consequence is that several important demographic groups are under-represented on economics faculties in the U.S. . AEASTP addresses these roadblocks in a direct way.