Conference: Symposium on Early Career Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

为了解决妇女在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的历史代表性不足，PI及其同事建议在美国化学学会（ACS）在丹佛，科罗拉多的2024年秋季全国会议上为科学和工程（WISE）的早期职业女性组织一次特别研讨会。这个拟议项目的目标是通过利用世界上最大的科学学会之一美国化学学会的平台，增加美国STEM基础设施和劳动力的多样性。受邀演讲者将包括代表种族/民族，文化，人口和地理多样性的妇女，她们在大学工作，包括少数民族服务机构，如西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）和历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU），在国家实验室和行业。拟议的研讨会的重点是为受邀演讲者提供一个机会，介绍他们在大学，国家实验室或工业界所选择的学科中进行的变革性研究。拟议预算中要求的资金将支付两位女发言人的旅费和登记费，她们将在WISE专题讨论会上介绍她们的研究。 本次研讨会将为STEM学科的早期职业女性创造一个独特的合作机会，以建立网络并扩大她们与全国女性同事的接触。研讨会将确保学术界和工业界的早期职业女性获得独特而宝贵的机会，报告她们的变革性研究。此外，该目标还包括邀请研究生参加2024年秋季举行的ACS全国会议，他们将被选为少数民族大学和机构的代表。该奖项旨在邀请30名女性在本次研讨会上发言，以实现提高女性在美国STEM劳动力中的存在和影响力的总体目标。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力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

To address the historical underrepresentation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, the PI and colleagues propose organizing a special symposium for early career women in science and engineering (WISE) at the 2024 fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Denver, Colorado. This proposed project's goal is to increase the diversity in the U.S. STEM infrastructure and workforce by leveraging the platform of the American Chemical Society, one of the largest scientific societies of the world. Invited speakers will include women representing the full range of racial/ethnic, cultural, demographic, and geographical diversity who work at universities including minority serving institutions such as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), at national laboratories, and in industry. The proposed workshop is focused on providing the invited speakers with an opportunity to present the transformative research they have conducted in their chosen academic disciplines at universities, national laboratories, or in industry. The funds requested in the proposed budget will pay for the travel and registration expenses of two female speakers who will present their research at the WISE symposium. This symposium will create a unique collaborative opportunity for early career women in STEM disciplines to network and broaden their exposure to their female colleagues nationwide. The symposium will ensure that early career women in the fields of academia and industry are provided with a unique and valuable opportunity to report on their transformative research. Additionally, the goal also includes inviting graduate students to attend this national meeting of the ACS in the fall of 2024 who will be selected to represent minority serving universities and institutions. The objective is to invite a total of thirty women to speak at this proposed symposium to accomplish the overall goal of increasing the presence and impact of women in the U.S. STEM workforce.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.