2018 Field of Dreams Conference

该奖项将部分支持将于2018年11月2日至4日在密苏里州圣路易斯万丽圣路易斯机场酒店举行的2018年梦想大会。 Drams会议领域由数学科学博士研究全国联盟（数学联盟）组织，该组织的目标是增加在数学科学中获得博士学位的学生人数。 大约200名学生将参加会议，其中约75%将是代表性不足的少数民族。该会议与联盟的促进研究生招生程序（F-GAP）相协调，该程序在过去五年中每年帮助大约70名联盟学者进入研究生课程，并保持了很好的保留。因此，会议是一个计划，以产生一个更多样化的专业数学劳动力的重要组成部分。 此外，会议上还有一些活动，帮助教师指导实践，并帮助学术部门转变他们的文化，以更好地支持学生的成功。梦想会议的领域有几个目的，包括：提供有关数学科学专业的各个方面的信息，希望攻读博士学位的学生;提供有关夏季研究计划和机会在NSF资助的数学科学研究所的信息;促进联盟学生在研究生课程的适当安置;为我们的联盟教师提供指导和文化能力方面的专业发展;并为新的联盟博士获得者提供就业机会。有关该联盟的更多信息，请访问www.mathalliance. org. The 2018 Field of Dreams Conference program，以及前几年会议的材料，可在www.example.com上查阅。https://mathalliance.org/field-of-dreams-conference/.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This award will partially support the 2018 Field of Dreams Conference, to be held at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, in St. Louis, MO, from November 2-4, 2018. The Field of Drams Conference is organized by the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (Math Alliance), an organization whose goal is to increase the number of students from backgrounds underrepresented in the mathematical sciences who earn doctorates in those fields. Approximately 200 students will attend the conference, and about 75% of those will be underrepresented minorities. The conference coordinates with the Alliance's Facilitated Graduate Admissions Process (F-GAP), which has helped place approximately 70 Alliance Scholars in graduate programs each of the last five years with very good retention to this point. So, the conference is an essential part of a program to produce a more diverse professional mathematical workforce. In addition, there are events at the conference which assist faculty in mentoring practices and help academic departments transform their cultures to be more supportive of student success. The Field of Dreams conference has several purposes, including: providing information about all aspects of the mathematical sciences professions to students wishing to pursue doctoral studies; providing information about summer research programs and opportunities at the NSF-funded Mathematical Sciences Institutes; facilitating appropriate placement of Alliance students in graduate programs; providing professional development in mentoring and cultural competence for our Alliance faculty; and serving as a clearinghouse for employment opportunities for new Alliance doctoral recipients. More information about the alliance is available at www.mathalliance.org. The 2018 Field of Dreams Conference program, and material from previous years' conferences, are available at https://mathalliance.org/field-of-dreams-conference/.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.