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.

要求NSF的支持进行研讨会，旨在为女性在STEM领域学习，工作和教学的灵感。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执行会议中心举行。该研讨会将使女性在STEM的所有职业阶段召集在一起，目的是将妇女联系并加强其领域的联系。该奖项将有助于为三位主题演讲者提供房间的租金以及旅行和酒店费用。据记录，妇女在科学中的代表性仍然不足。尽管女性比例高于目前获得大学学位的百分比，但女性进入STEM领域的比例更少，而这样做的女性则更有可能退出。该研讨会提供了讨论招聘和保留问题的场所，并扩大了STEM劳动力的参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估来评估值得支持的。