The Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium: Celebrating the 200th Birthday of America's First Woman Astronomer

玛丽亚·米切尔女性科学研讨会：庆祝美国第一位女天文学家 200 岁生日

• 批准号: 1839236
• 负责人: Regina Jorgenson
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1839236&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maria; Mitchell; Women; Science; Symposium

NSF support is requested for a symposium designed to serve as an inspiration to women studying, working, and teaching in STEM fields. The symposium will be held October 5 and 6, 2018, at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts. This symposium will bring together women at all career stages in STEM, with the goal of connecting women and strengthening their connections in their fields. The award will help fund room rental costs as well as travel and hotel costs for the three keynote speakers.As is well documented, women continue to be underrepresented in the sciences. Although a higher percentage of women than men currently earn college degrees, fewer women go into STEM fields, and those who do are more likely to drop out. This symposium offers a venue for discussing issues of recruiting and retention, as well as broadening the participation of the STEM workforce.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.

请求 NSF 支持举办一次研讨会，旨在激励女性在 STEM 领域学习、工作和教学。该研讨会将于 2018 年 10 月 5 日至 6 日在马萨诸塞州韦尔斯利的巴布森行政会议中心举行。本次研讨会将汇集 STEM 各个职业阶段的女性，其目标是联系女性并加强她们在各自领域的联系。该奖项将帮助资助三位主讲人的房间租金以及旅行和酒店费用。正如有据可查的那样，女性在科学领域的代表性仍然不足。尽管目前获得大学学位的女性比例高于男性，但进入 STEM 领域的女性较少，而且进入 STEM 领域的女性更有可能辍学。该研讨会提供了一个讨论招聘和保留问题以及扩大 STEM 劳动力参与范围的场所。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。