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

为了解决女性在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域代表性不足的历史问题，PI及其同事提议在科罗拉多州丹佛市举行的2024年秋季美国化学学会(ACS)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。这一拟议项目的目标是通过利用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。美国化学学会是世界上最大的科学学会之一。被邀请的演讲者将包括代表各种种族/族裔、文化、人口和地理多样性的妇女，她们在大学工作，包括为少数族裔服务的机构，如西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)和历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)，在国家实验室和工业中工作。拟议的研讨会的重点是为受邀演讲者提供机会，介绍他们在大学、国家实验室或工业界选定的学科中进行的变革性研究。拟议预算中请拨的经费将用于支付两名女发言者的旅费和登记费，她们将在WISE专题讨论会上介绍其研究成果。这次研讨会将为STEM学科的早期职业女性创造一个独特的合作机会，让她们在全国范围内建立网络并扩大与女性同事的接触。研讨会将确保学术界和工业界的早期职业妇女有一个独特和宝贵的机会来报告她们的变革性研究。此外，目标还包括邀请研究生参加2024年秋季举行的ACS全国会议，他们将被选为代表少数族裔服务的大学和机构。本次研讨会的目标是邀请30名女性在这个拟议的研讨会上发言，以实现增加女性在美国STEM劳动力队伍中的存在和影响力的总体目标。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，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.