2023 Waterman Award

2023年沃特曼奖

• 批准号: 2325869
• 负责人: Natalie King
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2028-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2325869&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2023; Waterman; Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Dr. Natalie S. King one of the three recipients of the 2023 Alan T. Waterman Award. This award is NSF's highest honor that annually recognizes outstanding researchers who are 40 years or younger or not more than 10 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree, by December 31 of the year of the nomination. The award funds the recipient's research in any field of science or engineering. Each 2023 awardee receives a $1 million grant over a five-year period for advanced study in his or her field.Dr. King is an associate professor of science education at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on K-12 science education, specifically science experiences in middle grades; advancing Black girls in STEM education; community-based informal science education; and the role of curriculum in fostering equity in science teaching and learning. Dr. King has received recognition for her work, with grants from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development and Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship programs and as a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 NARST Early Career Research Award, the Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award, the University of Florida 40 Under 40, the Community of Scholars’ 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America, the Out-of-School Time Scholar Award for Commitment to the Field from the American Educational Research Association, and the Deborah Tippins Mentor Award from the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education. In addition to her research, Dr. King founded I AM STEM camps to mentor and equip students of color for success in STEM. She partners with community organizations, schools, and institutions of higher education to offer the summer camps, which have taken place in 4 states and 10 locations, as well as online.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.

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）任命娜塔莉·S·国王是2023年艾伦·T·金的三位获奖者之一。沃特曼奖该奖项是NSF的最高荣誉，每年表彰40岁以下或获得博士学位后不超过10年的杰出研究人员。在提名当年的12月31日之前获得学位。该奖项资助获奖者在任何科学或工程领域的研究。每个2023年获奖者在五年内获得100万美元的资助，用于他或她所在领域的高级研究。金博士是格鲁吉亚州立大学科学教育副教授。她的研究重点是K-12科学教育，特别是在中年级的科学经验;推进黑人女孩在干教育;以社区为基础的非正式科学教育;和课程在促进科学教学和学习的公平的作用。金博士的工作得到了认可，获得了NSF教师早期职业发展和Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的赠款，并获得了许多奖项，包括2023年NARST早期职业研究奖，Ernest D。莫雷尔非洲散居新兴学者奖，佛罗里达40岁以下的大学，学者的社区1,000名在美国的黑人科学家，校外时间学者奖致力于该领域从美国教育研究协会，和黛博拉蒂宾斯导师奖从科学教师教育东南协会。除了她的研究，金博士创立了我是干阵营指导和装备学生的颜色在干成功。 她与社区组织、学校和高等教育机构合作，在4个州和10个地点以及网上提供夏令营。该奖项反映了NSF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。