NSBP 2022-2023 Annual Conferences

来自美国国家科学基金会(NSF)的这一奖项支持每年350名学生参加全国黑人物理学家协会(NSBP)未来两(2)届年会，会议的主题是“大统一II--从事件视界中走出来，面向未来”。NSBP的主要目标是解决物理学、天文学、凝聚态物质和材料研究以及地球物理等相关领域长期缺乏多样性的问题。NSBP会议旨在提供指导机会，增加参与者接触招聘人员的机会，提供联网机会，并向更广泛的物理界通报最佳实践。此外，NSBP会议直接涉及(1)NSF的10大想法，包括人类技术前沿的未来工作、宇宙之窗，NSF的目标包括和(2)AIP团队报告建议专业协会与NSF等资助机构合作，致力于实现到2030年将授予非裔美国人的物理学和天文学学士学位数量翻一番的目标。该奖项是由数学科学局、地球科学局和人力资源发展局(HBCU-UP方案)提供的跨部门资金提供的。NSBP的使命是促进整个社会中非裔美国物理学家和物理学生的职业福祉。NSBP将建立在2020年和2021年会议的经验基础上，由于新冠肺炎疫情，这两次会议不得不完全是虚拟会议。对面对面(2018-2019年)、在线(2020-2021年)和混合型(2022-2023年)NSBP会议进行比较的机会将是偶然的，这是全球大流行爆发的一线希望。会议允许学生与专业物理学家进行密切互动，并接触到高质量的科学研究人员和演讲。NSBP 2022年和2023年会议将包括强调量子信息系统(QIS)科学和技术的“大科学小时”。除了是一个促进代表不足的物理学生在学术劳动力管道中持续存在的会议，NSBP会议还将通过支持高中生及其老师的虚拟出席，通过近距离同行的角色建模来激励下一代物理专业人员。这些活动，包括全年的辅导计划，将为本科生和研究生提供一个机会，体验成为一名近乎同行的导师，并让高中生与他们渴望成为的人互动。因此，NSBP年度科学会议是其增加学术管道和STEM劳动力中可用非裔美国物理学家的计划的一部分。NSBP将以混合形式(主要是面对面和虚拟组件)举行2022年(11月6日至9日)和2023年会议。该奖项还支持会议评估以及新的和不断扩大的虚拟会议形式对增加参与的影响。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。

This award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports the 350 students/year to attend the next two (2) Annual Conferences of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) themed “Grand Unification II – Emerging from the Event Horizon and Beaming to the Future.” The primary goal of the NSBP is to address the perennial problem of lack of diversity in physics, astronomy, condensed matter and materials research, and related fields such as geophysics. The NSBP Conference aims to provide mentorship opportunities, increase participant access to recruiters, offer networking opportunities and inform the broader physics community on best practices. Also, the NSBP Conferences directly address (1) the NSF’s 10 Big Ideas, including Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier, Windows on the Universe, and the objectives of NSF INCLUDES and (2) the AIP TEAM-UP report recommendation that professional societies work with funding agencies like NSF to commit to achieving the goal of doubling the number of bachelor’s degrees in physics and astronomy awarded to African Americans by 2030. The award is enabled by cross-directorate funds from the Directorate for the Mathematical Sciences, the Directorate for Geosciences, and the Directorate Human Resource Development (HBCU-up program). The mission of the NSBP is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within society at large. The NSBP will build on the experience of the 2020 and 2021 conferences which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had to be completely virtual meetings. The opportunity to make comparisons between face-to-face (2018-2019), online (2020-2021), and hybrid (2022-2023) NSBP conferences will be serendipitous, the silver lining to the onset of a global pandemic. The Conference allows students to have close interactions with professional physicists and gain exposure to high-quality scientific researchers and presentations. NSBP 2022 and 2023 conferences will include a “Big Science Hour” emphasis on the science and technology of Quantum Information Systems (QIS). In addition to being a meeting that promotes the persistence of underrepresented physics students in the academic-workforce pipeline, the NSBP Conferences will inspire the next generation of physics professionals through near-peer role modeling by supporting the virtual attendance of high school students and their teachers. These activities, including year-round mentoring programs, will provide an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to experience being a near-peer mentor and will allow the high school students to interact with someone they can aspire to become. Thus, the NSBP annual scientific conferences are part of its plan to increase the pool of African American physicists available in the academic pipeline and STEM workforce. NSBP will hold its 2022 (November 6-9) and 2023 conferences in hybrid format (primarily in-person with a virtual component). The award also supports conference evaluation and the impact of the new and expanding virtual format of conferences on increasing participation.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.