Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce (EMSW21-VIGRE)

亚利桑那大学数学系和应用数学项目提出了一项影响深远的劳动力提升计划，该计划将为美国年轻男性和女性成为职业数学家做好准备。21世纪的数学科学工作人员不仅必须在性别和种族方面多样化，而且在培训方面也必须多样化，以确保他们能够满足数学研究和教育方面的各种社会需求。此外，为了在国家层面上真正有效，这样的培训计划必须远远超出当地机构的边界-无论是在地理上还是文化上--以便最大限度地影响专业人士的成长和发展。该项目建立在我们第一个Vigre项目期间启动的许多项目的基础上，并使其永久化。这些包括通过竞争性的提案过程战略性地授予研究生奖学金，独特的实验室和实习机会，创新的本科研究和教学助理计划，垂直整合的研究和外展机会，从高中生到高级教师的所有学术水平的参与者，以及精心设计的导师计划，以帮助学生完成关键过渡，如成为数学专业、进入研究生院或开始职业生涯。我们的项目还包括一个新的本科生暑期研究项目，这将使亚利桑那州将数学创造、应用和交流的独特整合提供给更广泛的受众。我们的Vigre项目的一个重要新方面是一个覆盖整个西南部的本科生和研究生机构的区域网络。在这个网络中，思想、学生和教职员工将朝着几个方向移动。亚利桑那州将受益于我们在地区和少数族裔服务机构的同事的洞察力和经验，从而提高我们招收和留住代表不足的学生的能力，并打开新的渠道来安置我们的毕业生。来自地区机构的教员将参加暑期研究项目等活动，支持他们的智力和专业发展，并允许他们启动他们的机构通常没有资源启动的新项目。最终，我们的Vigre项目将对整个地区从本科生到教职员工的整个数学科学劳动力管道的质量和数量产生重大影响。

The Department of Mathematics and the Program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Arizona propose a far-reaching workforce-enhancement program that will prepare young American men and women for careers as professional mathematicians. The mathematical sciences workforce of the 21st century must be diverse not only with respect to gender and ethnicity but also with respect to training, to ensure that it can serve the full spectrum of societal needs in mathematical research and education. Furthermore, in order to be truly effective at the national level, such a training program must reach far beyond local institutional boundaries---both geographically and culturally---in order to maximize its impact on the growth and development of the professional community.This project builds upon and makes permanent many of the programs initiated during our first VIGRE project. These include graduate fellowships awarded strategically via a competitive proposal process, unique laboratory and internship opportunities, innovative undergraduate research and teaching assistantship programs, vertically integrated research and outreach opportunities with participants at all academic levels ranging from high-school students through senior faculty, and mentoring programs carefully designed to assist students with critical transitions such as becoming a mathematics major, entering graduate school, or beginning a career. Our project also includes a new summer research program for undergraduates which will make Arizona's unique integration of the creation, application, and communication of mathematics available to a wider audience.An important new aspect of our VIGRE program is a regional network involving undergraduate and graduate institutions throughout the Southwest. Within this network, ideas, students, and faculty will move in several directions. Arizona will benefit from the insights and experience of our colleagues at regional and minority-serving institutions, thereby increasing our capabilities to recruit and retain underrepresented students and opening new channels to place our graduates. Faculty from regional institutions will participate in activities such as the summer research program, supporting their intellectual and professional development and allowing them to start new programs which their institutions would not normally have the resources to initiate. Ultimately, our VIGRE program will have a large impact on the quality and quantity of the entire mathematical sciences workforce pipeline, from undergraduates through faculty, throughout the region.