NSF INCLUDES DCL: RESET (Re-Enter Stem through Emerging Technology) Conference on Finding Re-Entry Pathways for Women in STEM

这个NSF INCLUDES会议上寻找重新进入途径的妇女在干创建响应NSF INCLUDES计划的亲爱的同事信（DCL）：支持妇女和退伍军人的重新进入干劳动力通过NSF INCLUDES（NSF 19-038）。在过去的十年里，我国需要大量STEM专业知识的工作岗位数量增长了近34%，雇主们表示，他们在填补依赖熟练技术工人的职位方面遇到了困难。 女性和女性退伍军人是一个人才库，可以在全国范围内填补STEM职位。该项目小组正在制定、组织、举办和评估一次会议，支持妇女和女退伍军人重新进入STEM新兴技术领域，如网络安全、数据科学、移动的开发和云计算。 为期两天的会议的目标是探讨和讨论返回妇女遇到的挑战，目的是更好地了解她们的情况，并确定解决她们在获得新兴技术教育和就业方面的问题的办法。 除了参加会议的许多女学生外，还有来自工业界、NSF INCLUDES联盟、社会科学和政策领域以及大学退伍军人事务和大学学术服务办公室等支助组织的发言人和应邀与会者。一名外部评价员和一个会议咨询委员会正在评估该项目的成果和影响。传播工作包括在国家会议上介绍调查结果，在期刊上发表，以及举办网络研讨会，介绍妇女返回新兴技术领域的最佳做法。 资源材料公布在项目网站上。 会议的结果加强了对重返工作岗位的过程的理解，以及女性进入和重返STEM劳动力队伍所面临的相关障碍和机会，特别是在新兴技术领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This NSF INCLUDES Conference on Finding Re-Entry Pathways for Women in STEM was created in response to the NSF INCLUDES program's Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Supporting the Re-Entry of Women and Women Veterans in the STEM Workforce through NSF INCLUDES (NSF 19-038). The number of jobs in our country requiring substantial STEM expertise has grown nearly 34 percent over the past decade and employers say they are having trouble filling jobs in occupations that depend on skilled technical workers. Women and women veterans are a pool of talented individuals who can fill STEM jobs nationwide. The project team is developing, organizing, conducting and evaluating a conference supporting the re-entry of women and women veterans in STEM emerging technology fields, such as cybersecurity, data science, mobile development and cloud computing. The goal of the two-day conference is to explore and discuss challenges encountered by returning women with the objective of better understanding their situations and identifying solutions to their problems in accessing emerging technology education and employment. In addition to the many women students who participate in the conference, there are also presenters and invited participants from industry, NSF INCLUDES Alliances, social science and policy fields, and from support organizations, such as university veteran's affairs and academic services offices at universities. An external evaluator, and a conference advisory board, are assessing the outcomes and impacts of this project. Dissemination includes presenting findings at national conferences and publishing in journals, as well as conducting a Webinar on best practices for returning women in emerging technology fields. Resource materials are published on a project website. Results from the meeting enhance the understanding of processes for re-entry, and the related barriers and opportunities women face entering and re-entering the STEM workforce, especially in emerging technology fields.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.