Conference: Field of Dreams Conference 2023-25

该奖项将资助2023-25年期间参加梦想领域会议。这次会议汇集了大约200名本科生和晚期MS学生，其中约85%属于NSF定义的未被充分代表的少数群体。这些奖学金每年将支持大约150名学生的参与，其中许多人是数学联盟的研究生入学便利程序（F-GAP）的参与者，该程序帮助学生浏览研究生院的申请过程。自2013-14学年以来，F-GAP每年平均为70名学生提供研究生课程。会议还吸引了大约150名教职员工，其中大多数是数学联盟的导师，大约50名博士生（许多人曾经作为本科生参加过Field of Dreams），以及工业界、政府、专业组织、科研机构和其他定量科学专业人士的代表。梦的领域会议是全国数学科学博士研究联盟（数学联盟）的顶点活动，并发挥了许多重要的社区建设作用。会议的一个主要焦点是为学生进入研究生课程并在研究生课程中取得成功做好准备，这一目标在一定程度上是通过一系列小组讨论来解决的，这些小组讨论的重点是学生在考虑自己的前进道路时需要了解的重要信息。此外，还有导师交流最佳实践的会议、附属地区联盟会议、全体会议和REU实习博览会。一个主要的会议活动是研究生项目博览会，学生们在这里会见来自许多研究生项目的代表和学生。小组讨论使学生在本次展会上最大限度地成功收集信息。近年来，这个活动有多达70张桌子。数学联盟是一个由导师（教师）和学者（学生）组成的全国性指导社区，致力于扩大定量科学专业的参与。主要目标是增加历史上代表性不足的少数群体的学生在广泛的STEM学科中注册和毕业博士课程的人数和比例，这些学科强烈依赖数学和计算科学。我们的社区寻求支持这些科学家，因为他们通过他们的本科教育，研究生申请过程，研究生课程，并进入定量科学专业。数学联盟提供了一个全国性的支持性社区，并建立了一个由来自相似背景的同龄人组成的全国队列，他们正在通过研究生课程和职业发展。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 award will fund participation in the Field of Dreams Conference from 2023-25. This meeting brings together approximately 200 undergraduate and terminal MS students, about 85% of whom belong to underrepresented minority groups as defined by NSF. The awarded funds will support the participation of approximately 150 of these student attendees each year, and many are participants in the Math Alliance’s Facilitated Graduate Admissions Procedure (F-GAP), which helps students navigate the graduate school application process. F-GAP has been placing an average of 70 students in graduate programs per year since 2013-14. The meeting also attracts about 150 faculty members, most of whom are Math Alliance Mentors, about 50 doctoral students (many former attendees to Field of Dreams as undergraduates), as well as representatives of industry, government, professional organizations, scientific institutes, and other quantitative science professionals. The Field of DreamsConference is the capstone event for the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (Math Alliance) and serves many important community building roles. A major focus of the conference is preparing students for entry into and success within graduate programs, and this goal is addressed in part by a series of panels focusing on important information for students as they consider their path forward. There are also sessions for mentors to exchange best practices, meetings of affiliated regional alliances, plenary addresses, and an REU & Internship Fair. A major conference event is the Graduate Program Fair, where students meet representatives and students from many graduate programs. Panels prepare the students to maximize their success in gathering information at this fair. In recent years there have been as many as 70 tables at this event.The Math Alliance is a national mentoring community consisting of Mentors (faculty) and Scholars (students) focusing on broadening participation in the quantitative science professions. The primary goal is to increase the number and proportion of students from historically underrepresented minority groups who enroll in and graduate from doctoral programs in the broad STEM disciplines which depend strongly on mathematics and computational science. Our community seeks to support these scientists as they make their way through their undergraduate education, the graduate application process, graduate programs, and into the quantitative science professions. The Math Alliance provides a national supportive community, and builds a national cohort of peers from similar backgrounds who are advancing through graduate programs and careers.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.