Pathways to a Diverse STEM Workforce: GEM Underrepresented Minority Internships in STEM Program

化学学部、化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统学部、物理学部以及土木、机械和制造创新学部共同资助了GEM联盟的这个项目。GEM未被充分代表的少数族裔STEM实习项目旨在通过将未被充分代表的（如非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人/拉丁裔美国人和印第安人）研究生与美国领先行业联系起来，在化学、工程和物理等STEM领域建立多元化的劳动力队伍。该计划为这群新兴的有才华的研究生提供知识、指导、专业发展和实践培训，使他们能够在这些行业的领导职位上具有竞争力。具体来说，该项目将允许国家GEM联盟（GEM）通过部署GEM、化学和其他相关物理科学行业、高等教育机构和国家科学基金会（NSF）之间建立的伙伴关系，围绕增加国家STEM劳动力人才和领导力的多样性的共同目标，实施GEM STEM实习计划。该项目允许GEM利用早期的NSF奖励，这些奖励支持了实习计划的初步设计和实施，该计划的重点是建立STEM职业道路，最近具体到化学相关领域。该项目将在三年时间内为89名研究生提供支持，并在劳动力需求和多样化人才供应之间建立更好的平衡。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。

The Division of Chemistry, the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, the Division of Physics, and the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation jointly fund this project by the GEM Consortium. The GEM Underrepresented Minority Internships in STEM Program is designed to build a diverse workforce in STEM fields such as chemistry, engineering, and physics, by focusing on connecting underrepresented (e.g., African American, Hispanic American/Latino, and Native American) graduate students to leading industries in the United States (US). The program provides this group of emerging talented graduate students with knowledge, mentoring, professional development, and hands-on training that will allow them to be competitive for leadership positions in these industries. Specifically, this project will allow the National GEM Consortium (GEM) to implement the GEM Internships in STEM Program by deploying the partnerships that have been developed among GEM, chemistry and other related physical science industries, higher education institutions, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) around mutual goals for increasing the diversity of talent and leadership in the national STEM workforce. This project allows GEM to leverage earlier NSF awards that have supported initial design and implementation of an internship program focused on building pathways to careers in STEM and more recently specifically into chemistry related fields. The project will support 89 graduate students over a three-year period and create better alignment between demand in the workforce and supply of diverse talent.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.