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

化学部、化学、生物工程、环境和交通系统部、物理部和土木工程、机械和制造创新部由GEM财团共同资助这个项目。GEM的STEM少数民族代表不足实习生计划旨在通过将代表不足的(例如，非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人/拉美裔和美国原住民)研究生与美国(美国)领先行业联系起来，在STEM领域建立一支多元化的劳动力队伍，如化学、工程和物理。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。具体地说，该项目将允许国家创业板联盟(GEM)通过部署创业板、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)之间围绕增加国家STEM劳动力中人才和领导力多样性的共同目标而建立的伙伴关系，在STEM计划中实施创业板实习。该项目允许GEM利用早期的NSF奖项，这些奖项支持了一项实习计划的初步设计和实施，该计划的重点是为STEM以及最近特别是化学相关领域的职业生涯铺平道路。该项目将在三年内支持89名研究生，并在劳动力需求和多样化人才供应之间创造更好的一致性。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。

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.