Diversifying the US Physics Community through Application of Best Practices

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招募和留住女性物理学家的最佳做法来解决这一问题。为了启动这一努力，美国代表团参加了2017年7月在英国举行的第六届国际纯粹与应用物理联合会妇女物理学国际会议（ICWIP 2017）。在2017年国际物理世界知识产权会议上分享的战略和见解预计将有助于在物理学和其他物理科学领域留住女性。此外，参加这次会议还为国际研究和教育伙伴关系播下种子，这对于促进妇女从事科学事业也很重要。通过会议记录，美国科学家的主要利益得到了最大化；有效的传播计划；在美国多个场馆举行后续会议；代表们的论文、谈话和交流；以及建立一个关于性别偏见的广泛网站。美国代表团包括一些来自物理学以外女性很少的领域（如工程和计算机科学）的成员，从而为这些领域从本次会议上传播的知识中受益奠定了基础。技术细节：这一系列关于女性物理学的国际会议被证明是一个有效的机制，可以在国际上分享最佳实践，授权美国的新方法和行动，在研究中建立网络，增加女性在该领域的数量，进步和保留。美国代表团成员了解并利用其他50-70个国家试点的成功举措。此外，通过将非物理学家纳入与会人员，这种模式正被用于促进知识向其他领域的转移，在这些领域，类似的策略可以提高妇女的参与度。最后，在会议期间分享的知识体系将发表在会议记录中，这些记录将在网上免费提供。

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.