AMP: Minority Travel Grant to Participate in the Sixth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research

HRD-9633585史蒂文斯本科生研究委员会(CUR)要求提供25,000美元的资金，用于代表人数不足的少数族裔参加1996年6月27日至29日在北卡罗来纳中央大学举行的第六次全国会议。这是Cur第一次在公共机构或历史上的黑人机构举行两年一次的会议。这为黑人学术界和日益壮大的拉美裔社区在国家一级的本科生研究社区内建立网络提供了前所未有的机会。1996年6月会议的主题是：通过伙伴关系丰富科学：学术界、工业界、政府。由Cur的国家办公室和NC校长Julius Chambers管理的定向邮件向历史上一直是黑人和西班牙裔机构的理科教师推广了这次会议。现正寻求拨款，为这些目标群体提供旅行援助。鼓励代表人数不足的少数族裔参加会议的目标有三个。第一个目标是为主要在本科院校任职人数不足的少数族裔教职员工和行政人员提供机会，通过建立网络和参加会议的讲习班，更多地了解资助机会和成功的本科生研究方案。第二个目标是将代表不足的少数群体的声音和观点带入关于本科生研究的全国对话。第三个目标是促进代表人数不足的少数群体参与本科生研究理事会的组织。

HRD-9633585 Stevens The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) requests funding in the amount of $25,000 for travel grants for underrepresented minorities to attend its Sixth National Conference to be held at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), June 27,-29, 1996. This is the first time CUR's biennial conference has been held either at a public institution or an historically Black institution. This affords an unprecedented opportunity both for the Black academic community and the growing Hispanic community to network within the undergraduate research community at the national level. The theme of the June 1996 Conference is: Enriching Science through Partnerships: Academics, Industry, Government." Targeted mailings administered by both CUR's National Office and NC Chancellor Julius Chambers have promoted the conference nationwide to science faculty at historically Black and Hispanic institutions. Funds are now being sought to provide travel assistance to these targeted groups.The objective of encouraging underrepresented minorities to attend the conference is three-fold. The first objective is to provide the opportunity for underrepresented minority faculty and administrators at primarily undergraduate institutions to learn more about funding opportunities and successful undergraduate research programs through networking and attending workshops at the Conference. The second objective is to bring the voice and perspective of the underrepresented minority community into the national dialogue on undergraduate research. And the third objective is to foster the involvement of underrepresented minorities in the organization of the Council on Undergraduate Research.