Field of Dreams: Growing a Diverse Mathematics Community

这笔拨款将部分支持将于2022年11月4日至6日在明尼苏达大学明尼阿波利斯校区举行的“梦想领域会议”。“梦的领域”会议是由数学联盟和数学及其应用研究所组织的，数学联盟的目标是增加来自数学科学背景不足的博士生的数量。大约100名本科生和硕士生将参加会议，其中约80%是少数族裔，另外还有200名与会者。该奖项的所有资金将用于支付其中一些学生的出勤费用。该会议与数学联盟的研究生入学便利程序（F-GAP）相协调，该程序在过去六年中帮助平均每年约80名数学联盟学者进入研究生课程，到目前为止保留率很高。该会议是培养更多样化的专业数学人才计划的重要组成部分。此外，会议上还有一些活动，帮助教师指导实践，帮助学术部门转变他们的文化，使其更加包容和支持学生的成功。梦的领域会议有几个目的，包括：为希望攻读博士学位的学生提供有关数学科学专业各个方面的信息；在nsf资助的数学科学研究所提供有关夏季研究项目和机会的信息；促进数学联盟学生在研究生课程中的适当安置；为我们的数学联盟教师提供专业的指导和文化能力发展；并为新的（和最近的）数学联盟博士获得者提供就业机会的信息交流中心。有关数学联盟的更多信息，请访问www.mathalliance.org。前几年会议的材料可在https://mathalliance.org/field-of-dreams-conference/上找到，2022年会议的页面是https://mathalliance.org/2022-field-of-dreams-conference/.This。奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 grant will partially support the Field of Dreams Conferences that will run November 4-6, 2022 and will be held on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. The Field of Dreams Conference is organized by the Math Alliance, an organization whose goal is to increase the number of doctoral students from backgrounds underrepresented in the mathematical sciences, and the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications. Approximately 100 undergraduate and Master's degree students will attend the conference, about 80% of whom will be underrepresented minorities, along with 200 additional participants. All funds from this award will be used to pay the cost of attendance for some of these students. The conference coordinates with the Math Alliance's Facilitated Graduate Admissions Process (F-GAP), which has helped place an average of about 80 Math Alliance Scholars per year in graduate programs the last six years with very good retention to this point. 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 that assist faculty in mentoring practices and help academic departments transform their cultures to be more inclusive and 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 Math Alliance students in graduate programs; providing professional development in mentoring and cultural competence for our Math Alliance faculty; and serving as a clearinghouse for employment opportunities for new (and recent) Math Alliance doctoral recipients. More information about the Math Alliance is available at www.mathalliance.org. Material from previous years' conferences, are available at https://mathalliance.org/field-of-dreams-conference/, and the page for the 2022 conference is https://mathalliance.org/2022-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.