Increasing Underrepresented Minorities in STEM: The 49th NOBCChE Annual Conference National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers

该奖项将支持本科生、研究生和博士后参加2022年全国黑人化学家和化学工程师专业发展组织（NOBCChE）会议的全国年会。本奖项由化学系资助。NOBCChE会议已成为招募科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的全球领导者，并在更广泛的科学界创造包容性环境的重要会议。该会议将于2022年举行，这是自新冠疫情开始以来的第一次。pi将以此为契机，比较现场和虚拟会议的学生成果，为STEM领域的许多其他科学家和教育工作者提供有影响力的见解。该奖项将为参与者提供参与四个主要重点领域的机会：(1)STEM专业和技术发展，(2)STEM指导和网络机会，(3)接触STEM中著名的少数族裔模型，以及学术和专业STEM职业发展机会，以及(4)获得STEM劳动力中的潜在职业。学生参与者将与来自工业界、政府和学术界的同行和专业人士进行互动，以发展合作，并探索攻读化学、化学工程和相关学科研究生学位的机会。NOBCChE 2022还将丰富学生与会者的技术、专业和领导技能，以及与其他高级领导一起在会议规划和执行委员会工作的学生。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 award will support the participation of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows at the national annual meeting for the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) conference in 2022. This award is funded by Division of Chemistry. The NOBCChE meeting has become an important conference to recruit diverse global leaders in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields and to create an inclusive environment in the broader scientific community. This conference will be held in person in 2022, for the first time since the COVID pandemic began. The PIs will use this as an opportunity to compare student outcomes between live and virtual conferences, providing insight that would be impactful to many other scientists and educators in STEM fields.This award will provide opportunities for participants to engage in four major areas of focus: (1) STEM Professional and Technical Development, (2) STEM Mentoring and Networking Opportunities, (3) Exposure to Prestigious Minority Models in STEM, and Academic and Professional STEM Career Advancement Opportunities, and (4) access to potential careers in the STEM workforce. Student participants will interact with peers and professionals from industry, government, and academia to develop collaborations and to explore opportunities to pursue graduate degrees in the chemistry, chemical engineering and related disciplines. NOBCChE 2022 will also serve to enrich the technical, professional, and leadership skill sets of student attendees and students working on committees with other senior leaders on conference planning and execution.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.