Conference: Field of Dreams Conference 2023-25

该奖项将资助参加2023-25年的梦想大会。本次会议汇集了大约200名本科和终端MS学生，其中约85%属于由NSF定义的代表性不足的少数群体。获得的资金将支持每年约150名学生参加，其中许多人是数学联盟促进研究生入学程序（F-GAP）的参与者，该程序帮助学生浏览研究生院申请过程。自2013-14年以来，F-GAP每年平均安排70名学生参加研究生课程。会议还吸引了约150名教职员工，其中大部分是数学联盟导师，约50名博士生（许多以前参加过梦想领域的本科生），以及行业，政府，专业组织，科学研究所和其他定量科学专业人士的代表。该领域的梦想会议是顶点事件为全国联盟博士研究在数学科学（数学联盟），并服务于许多重要的社区建设的作用。会议的一个主要重点是为学生进入研究生课程并取得成功做好准备，这一目标在一定程度上是通过一系列小组讨论来实现的，这些小组重点关注学生在考虑前进道路时的重要信息。还有导师交流最佳实践的会议，附属区域联盟会议，全体会议演讲和REU实习博览会。一个主要的会议活动是研究生课程博览会，学生在那里会见代表和来自许多研究生课程的学生。小组准备的学生，以最大限度地提高他们的成功，在收集信息在这个博览会。近年来，这个活动已经有多达70张桌子。数学联盟是一个全国性的指导社区，由导师（教师）和学者（学生）组成，专注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人数和比例，他们在广泛的STEM学科中注册并毕业于博士课程，这些学科非常依赖数学和计算科学。我们的社区旨在支持这些科学家，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社区，并建立了一个全国性的同龄人群体，他们来自相似的背景，正在通过研究生课程和职业生涯取得进步。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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.