2nd Annual Undergraduate Conference for Women in Physics

该奖项为物理学专业的女本科生提供为期两天的会议的与会者旅费，会议的重点是从本科生到研究生学习的关键过渡。2007年1月13日至14日，南加州大学将主办第二届本科生物理学女性大会。这些会议的主要目的是给年轻女性申请研究生院并成功完成博士学位的信心、动力和资源。具体地说，会议的目标是让与会者更多地了解物理学目前的研究和职业选择，更熟悉研究生院的经验，申请研究生院并在研究生院取得成功的资源，以及物理学领域女性的一般资源，以及物理学领域的女性网络。为期两天的活动将使物理学专业的女本科生齐聚一堂，了解当前物理学领域的研究和职业机会，研究生院的申请过程和经验，以及为女性提供的物理资源。此外，他们还将有机会介绍原创研究，与其他学生讨论物理话题，并会见拥有成功物理职业生涯的女教员。会议技巧和成果将广泛传播。一份会议报告将被发送给其他大学的物理系和行政人员，APS妇女在物理学中的地位委员会，州和联邦各级参与教育和预算决策的政客，以及国家科学基金会。分享会议的细节将提醒接受者需要更多的妇女和其他代表性不足的群体在科学中的代表性，并为他们提供一个成功方法的典范，以实现这一目标。该奖项由数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室资助。

This award provides participant travel support for a two-day conference for undergraduate women in physics that focuses on the critical transition from undergraduate to graduate study. On January 13-14, 2007 the University of Southern California will host the Second Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. The conferences overarching aim is to give young women the confidence, motivation and resources to apply to graduate school and successfully complete a PhD. Specifically, the conference objectives are that participants leave with increased awareness of current research and career options in physics, greater familiarity with the graduate school experience, resources for applying to and being successful in graduate school as well as general resources for women in physics, and a network of women in physics. The two-day event will bring together female undergraduate students in physics to learn about current research and career opportunities in physics, the graduate school application process and experience, and resources for women in physics. Additionally they will have the opportunity to present original research, discuss physics topics with other students, and meet women faculty who have successful physics careers. The conference techniques and results will be widely disseminated. A conference report will be sent to physics departments and administrators at other universities, the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, politicians involved in education and budget decisions on the state and federal levels, and the NSF.Sharing the details of the conference will remind the recipients of the need for greater representation of women and other underrepresented groups in the sciences and provide them with a model of successful ways to work toward this goal. This award is funded by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.