Artemis Scholarship Program for Women in STEM

该项目将通过在位于弗吉尼亚州罗阿诺克的女子学院霍林斯大学建立阿特弥斯奖学金计划，支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的留校和毕业，从而促进国家对受过良好教育的科学家和数学家的需求。在为期六年的时间里，该项目将为18名攻读生物、环境科学、化学和数学学士学位的全日制学生提供高达8200美元的奖学金。该项目将提供奖学金和支持，通过预适应、教职员工和校友辅导、研究课程、研究和实习、队列活动、领导力培训和职业发展服务，提高妇女在STEM的准备、保留、归属感和自我效能。教师导师将接受专业发展，以提高他们支持学者的能力。霍林斯的未来学者池中有很高比例的少数民族学生和第一代学生，他们在STEM研究领域的参与度都很低。因此，提高他们在STEM专业的留校率和毕业率，可能会扩大他们对目标学科的参与。除了学者，其他STEM学生将受益于新的2学分的领导力课程，1月份的学期研究设计和方法课程，以及暑期研究体验。招聘将支持对STEM感兴趣的低收入高中女性的渠道，并提高她们对STEM职业的认识，项目奖学金将通过减轻她们的经济负担，增加低收入女性接受霍林斯教育的机会。项目目标是(1)招募和招收18名符合条件的学生进入目标专业；(2)消除她们未得到满足的经济需求，最高可达15,000美元；(3)提高她们的学业自我效能感，减少冒名顶替者综合症；(4)增加她们与同行、教师和校友/i的联系；(5)增加她们对职业道路的了解；以及(6)指导学者完成他们的学位课程，进入研究生学习或STEM工作。Artemis将通过评估迎新前活动、学术支持、教职员工和校友/I指导、研究课程、研究和实习、社会活动和领导力培训在培养STEM妇女的归属感、自我效能、自我宣传和减少冒名顶替者综合症方面的有效性来增加知识库。一个详细的参与性评估，加上反思的焦点小组，将使学者们参与调查领导力培训、指导和其他关键项目组成部分的有效性。将向感兴趣的社区传播成果和项目组成部分。该项目由NSF的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加在STEM领域获得学位的低收入学术天才学生的数量。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学业成功、留住、转移、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。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 project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists and mathematicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need through the formation of the Artemis Scholarship Program at Hollins University, a women's college located in Roanoke, Virginia. Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships of up to $8,200 to 18 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, environmental science, chemistry, and mathematics. This project will provide scholarships and supports that increase the preparation, retention, belonging, and self-efficacy of women in STEM through pre-orientation, faculty and alumnae/i mentoring, a research course, research and internships, cohort activities, leadership training, and career development services. Faculty mentors will receive professional development to improve their ability to support scholars. Hollins' pool of prospective scholars has a high percentage of both minority students who are underrepresented in their participation in STEM fields of study and first-generation students. Thus, improving their retention and graduation in STEM majors is likely to broaden participation in the targeted disciplines. Beyond the scholars, other STEM students will benefit from the new 2-credit leadership course, a January term research design and methods course, and a summer research experience. Recruitment will bolster the pipeline of low-income high school women interested in STEM and improve their awareness of STEM careers and project scholarships will increase the accessibility of a Hollins education for low-income women by reducing their financial burden.The project objectives are to (1) recruit and enroll 18 eligible students in the targeted majors; (2) eliminate their unmet financial need up to $15,000; (3) increase their academic self-efficacy and reduce imposter syndrome; (4) increase their connections with peers, faculty, and alumnae/i; (5) increase their understanding of career paths; and (6) guide scholars through their degree programs and into graduate study or the STEM workforce. Artemis will add to the knowledge base by evaluating the effectiveness of pre-orientation activities, academic supports, faculty and alumnae/i mentoring, a research course, research and internships, social activities, and leadership training in fostering senses of belonging, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy and reducing imposter syndrome in women in STEM. A detailed participatory evaluation, coupled with reflective focus groups, will involve the scholars in investigating the effectiveness of leadership training, mentoring, and other key project components. Outcomes and project components will be disseminated to communities of interest. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.