Diversifying the US Physics Community through Application of Best Practices

通过应用最佳实践使美国物理学界多元化

• 批准号: 1661340
• 负责人: Beth Cunningham
• 金额: $ 11.05万
• 依托单位: American Association of Physics Teachers
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1661340&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diversifying; US; Physics; Community; through

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Despite recent advances, women remain significantly underrepresented in physics. This award seeks to address this issue by identifying best practices across the globe in recruiting and retaining female physicists. To launch this effort, a U.S. delegation is attending the 6th International Union of Pure and Applied Physics International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP 2017) in the UK (July 2017). Strategies and insights shared during the ICWIP 2017 meeting are expected to be useful in the retention of women in physics and other physical science fields. In addition, participation in this conference seeds international research and educational partnerships, which are also important in advancing the careers of women in science. The key benefits for U.S. scientists are maximized through the conference proceedings; effective dissemination plans; follow-up sessions at numerous U.S. venues; papers, talks, and networking by the delegates; and the development of an extensive website on gender bias. The U.S. delegation includes a few members from fields other than physics where women are scarce (e.g., engineering and computer science), thus laying the groundwork for those fields to benefit from the knowledge disseminated at this conference.TECHNICAL DETAILS: This series of international conferences on women in physics is proving to be an effective mechanism for sharing best practices internationally, empowering new approaches and actions in the U.S., nucleating networking in research, and increasing the numbers, advancement and retention of women in the field. Members of the U.S. Delegation learn about and take advantage of successful initiatives piloted in ~ 50-70 other countries. Moreover, by including non-physicists as a part of those attending the conference, this model is being used to catalyze the transfer of knowledge to other fields where similar strategies could improve women's participation. Finally, the body of knowledge shared during the conference is being published in proceedings which will be freely available online.

非技术描述：尽管最近取得了进展，但女性在物理学领域的代表性仍然明显不足。该奖项旨在通过确定全球范围内在招聘和留住女性物理学家方面的最佳做法来解决这一问题。为了启动这一努力，美国代表团将参加在英国举行的第六届国际理论物理和应用物理联合会妇女国际会议(ICWIP 2017)(2017年7月)。在2017年妇女问题国际会议期间分享的战略和见解预计将有助于留住物理学和其他物理科学领域的妇女。此外，参加这次会议还促成了国际研究和教育伙伴关系，这对推动妇女在科学领域的事业也很重要。通过会议程序；有效的传播计划；在美国许多地点的后续会议；代表们的论文、演讲和网络；以及开发一个关于性别偏见的广泛网站，最大限度地提高了美国科学家的主要利益。美国代表团包括来自物理学以外女性稀缺领域(如工程和计算机科学)的少数成员，从而为这些领域从本次会议传播的知识中受益奠定了基础。技术细节：事实证明，这一系列关于物理学领域女性的国际会议是一种有效的机制，可以在国际上分享最佳实践，在美国推动新的方法和行动，在研究中形成网络，并增加该领域女性的数量、晋升和留住。美国代表团成员了解并利用在其他约50-70个国家试行的成功计划。此外，通过将非物理学家纳入参加会议的人员，这一模式正被用来催化知识向其他领域的转移，在这些领域，类似的战略可以改善妇女的参与。最后，会议期间分享的知识将以会议记录的形式公布，可在网上免费查阅。