Conference: Increasing Underrepresented Minorities in STEM: The NOBCChE Annual Conference

会议：增加 STEM 领域代表性不足的少数群体：NOBCChE 年会

• 批准号: 2319512
• 负责人: Tyrslai Williams-Carter
• 金额: $ 28.37万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319512&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Increasing; Underrepresented; Minorities; STEM

This award, jointly funded by the Divisions of Chemistry, Division of Material Science, Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM HBCU-UP, and the Systems and Synthetic Biology Programs, supports Professor Tyrslai Williams-Carter and Professor Renã AS Robinson on behalf of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) to support students in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related disciplines to attend the organization’s annual conferences. Diversifying the chemical enterprise is a national challenge and priority to strengthen the nation’s workforce and for the US to remain globally competitive. The NOBCChE annual conference provides opportunities for underrepresented students in chemistry, chemical engineering, and related disciplines to be exposed to career opportunities, share their research progress and findings, access a network of professional mentors and training, and learn the latest cutting-edge research in their disciplinary areas.This project addresses questions around the importance of an organization such as NOBCChE, and its annual conference on providing support for underrepresented groups to matriculate in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The project will evaluate over three years how effective its annual conference is on the scientific identities of undergraduate and graduate students that participate in conference activities. Additionally, the project will evaluate the impact of the conference sense of belonging in STEM for the students and will measure outcomes of the proposed activities on STEM employment and education. The project team and NOBCChE organization are committed to diversifying the STEM workforce and ensuring underrepresented groups have the necessary resources to be successful in STEM.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.

该奖项由化学，材料科学部，卓越干HBCU-UP和系统和合成生物学计划的公平部联合资助，支持Tyrslai Williams-Carter教授和Renão AS罗宾逊教授代表全国黑人化学家和化学工程师专业发展组织（NOBCChE）支持化学，化学工程，或相关学科参加该组织的年度会议。使化工企业多样化是一项国家挑战，也是加强国家劳动力和美国保持全球竞争力的优先事项。NOBCChE年度会议为化学，化学工程和相关学科的代表性不足的学生提供了接触职业机会的机会，分享他们的研究进展和发现，访问专业导师和培训网络，并了解他们学科领域的最新前沿研究。该项目解决了围绕NOBCChE等组织的重要性的问题，及其年度会议，为代表性不足的群体提供支持，使其能够在STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）中入学。该项目将在三年内评估其年度会议对参加会议活动的本科生和研究生的科学身份的影响。此外，该项目将评估会议对学生在STEM领域的归属感的影响，并衡量拟议活动对STEM就业和教育的成果。项目团队和NOBCChE组织致力于使STEM劳动力多样化，并确保代表性不足的群体拥有必要的资源，以在STEM中取得成功。该奖项反映了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。