Conference Proposal for NSF support of the Fall 2020 ACS Graduate Student Symposium entitled Pushing the Boundaries: Women Scientists Catalyzing Change; AUG 2020; San Francisco, CA

该项目为2020年秋季美国化学学会(ACS)全国会议和博览会的演讲者和研究生与会者提供旅费和住宿费用，该会议将于2020年8月16-20日在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行。具体地说，这笔资金将用于资助一个由研究生组织的研讨会，题为《挑战极限：女性科学家催化变革》。研讨会将集中表彰全国女化学家和化学工程师在分子和纳米催化领域的高影响力研究。这次研讨会是由韦恩州立大学的研究生委员会构思和组织的。这次研讨会是美国化学学会研究生研讨会计划委员会(GSSPC)(由美国化学学会化学教育部共同赞助)的一种做法的延续，允许一群来自特定机构的研究生在全国化学学会会议上就他们选择的主题计划和安排一次研讨会。研究生完全有责任选择主题，邀请杰出的演讲者，获得赞助，并选择和指导下一届GSSPC研讨会。拟议的研讨会的学术价值在于努力邀请在分子和纳米催化领域具有重要影响力的演讲者。催化材料研究是一个非常有兴趣的领域，因为这些材料对我们处理合成过程的方式具有有益的影响，对我们的生活方式至关重要。从替代能源到温室气体转换，这些过程需要催化剂来推动其反应。因此，研讨会的目标之一是通过邀请这些领域的杰出女性研究人员来分享她们的科学，来开发这些领域正在进行的创新研究工作。从更广泛的影响角度来看，该项目将对留住和招募女性从事科学工作产生积极影响。除了促进性别平等，研讨会还将通过三种方式促进STEM领域的多样性和包容性：1)邀请来自不同文化和专业背景的演讲者，2)向代表不足的身份群体的本科生提供旅行补助金，3)邀请所有与会者参加研讨会后的联网招待会。科学影响包括让科学界接触到广泛的催化材料，以及让更多的科学家参与催化研究领域。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。

The project supports travel and accommodation costs for speakers and graduate student attendees at the Fall 2020 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition, August 16-20, 2020 in San Francisco, CA. Specifically, the funding will support a graduate student organized symposium entitled 'Pushing the Boundaries: Women Scientists Catalyzing Change.' The symposium will focus on recognizing the high-impact research of women chemists and chemical engineers all over the country in the field of molecular and nanoscale catalysis. The symposium is conceived and organized by a committee of graduate students from Wayne State University. The symposium is is a continuation of a practice by the Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) of the American Chemical Society (co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education) to allow a group of graduate students from a particular institution to plan and orchestrate a symposium at a national ACS meeting on a subject of their choosing. The graduate students have full responsibility in selecting a theme, inviting distinguished speakers, securing sponsorship, and selecting and mentoring the next GSSPC symposium. The intellectual merit of the proposed symposium lies in efforts to invite speakers that have significant presence in the field of molecular and nanoscale catalysis. Catalytic materials research is a rich area of interest because of the beneficial implications these materials have on the way we approach synthetic processes imperative to our way of life. From alternative energy to green house gas conversion, these processes need catalysts to drive their reactions forward. Thus, one of the goals of the symposium is to exploit the innovative research work being done in these areas by inviting distinguished female researchers in these fields to come and share their science. From the broader impacts perspective, the project will make a positive impact on the retention and recruitment of women in science. In addition to promoting gender equity, the symposium will promote diversity and inclusion in STEM fields in three ways: 1) by inviting speakers from culturally and professionally diverse backgrounds, 2) by providing travel grants to undergraduates from underrepresented identity groups, and 3) by inviting all attendees to a networking reception following the symposium. Scientific impacts include exposing the scientific community to a broad range of catalytic materials and engaging more scientists into the field of catalysis research.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.