Broadening Participation in Economics

该奖项资助参加美国经济协会暑期培训计划的本科生。AEASTP的目标是帮助有才华的本科生学习技能并进行经济学研究，为攻读博士学位做准备。该项目向所有符合条件的学生开放，不分种族、民族或性别。组织者特别努力从经济学专业中代表性不足的群体中招收学生。该计划将研究经验与密集的课程和职业指导相结合。该项目目前由新墨西哥大学实施。通往经济学博士学位的成功之路可能是崎岖不平的，尤其是对于那些来自少数民族机构和没有很强研究重点的机构的学生来说。障碍包括：本科经济学课程往往面向最受学生欢迎的职业目标——商业，而不是博士学习；对申请流程缺乏熟悉；以及资金限制。一个后果是，几个重要的人口群体在美国的经济学院系中代表性不足。AEASTP以直接的方式解决了这些障碍。

This award funds the participation of undergraduate students in the American Economic Association Summer Training Program. The goal of the AEASTP is to help talented undergraduate students learn skills and conduct research in economics in preparation for studies at the doctoral level. The program is in open to all qualified students regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender. Organizers make special efforts to recruit students from groups under-represented in the economics profession. The program combines a research experience with intensive coursework and career mentoring. The program is currently conducted by the University of New Mexico.The road to successful Ph.D. study in economics can be a rocky one, especially for students coming from minority-serving institutions and institutions that do not have a strong research focus. Obstacles include undergraduate economics curricula that are often oriented towards the most popular student career goal - business - than Ph.D. study, a lack of familiarity with the application process, and financial limitations. One consequence is that several important demographic groups are under-represented on economics faculties in the U.S. . AEASTP addresses these roadblocks in a direct way.