Artemis Scholarship Program for Women in STEM

该项目将通过在霍林斯大学（位于弗吉尼亚州罗阿诺克的一所女子学院）设立阿尔忒弥斯奖学金项目，支持有经济需求的高成就低收入学生的保留和毕业，从而满足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名攻读生物学、环境科学、化学和数学学士学位的全日制学生提供高达8,200美元的奖学金。该项目将提供奖学金和支持，通过预培训、教师和校友/i指导、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，提高女性在STEM领域的准备、留任、归属感和自我效能感。教师导师将获得专业发展，以提高他们支持学者的能力。霍林斯大学的潜在学者中，少数族裔学生和第一代学生的比例都很高，这些学生在STEM研究领域的参与度不足。因此，提高他们在STEM专业的保留率和毕业率可能会扩大他们对目标学科的参与。除了这些学者，其他STEM学生还将受益于新的2学分领导力课程、1月学期的研究设计和方法课程以及夏季研究经验。招聘将加强对STEM感兴趣的低收入高中女性的渠道，提高她们对STEM职业的认识，项目奖学金将通过减轻低收入女性的经济负担，增加她们接受霍林斯教育的机会。项目目标为：(1)在目标专业招收18名符合条件的学生；(2)消除其未满足的经济需要，最高可达15,000美元；(3)提高学业自我效能感，减少冒名顶替综合症；(4)增加与同学、教师和校友的联系；(5)增加对职业发展路径的理解；(6)指导学者完成学位课程，进入研究生学习或STEM工作岗位。Artemis将通过评估定向前活动、学术支持、教师和校友/i指导、研究课程、研究和实习、社会活动以及领导力培训的有效性来增加知识基础，以培养STEM女性的归属感、自我效能感和自我倡导，并减少冒名顶替综合症。详细的参与性评估，加上反思焦点小组，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。成果和项目组成部分将向有关社区传播。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。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 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.