GROW: Strengthening the Mathematical Workforce

这笔赠款将资助两个旨在解决数学科学领域性别不平衡问题的相关会议。第一个会议是为数学科学专业的女本科生举办的一个为期周末的会议，旨在鼓励在美国学习数学的女性继续在研究生水平上接受数学教育。第二项活动是数学家峰会，目的是解决影响数学科学中性别不平衡的更广泛问题。这场名为《女性的研究生研究机会(Growth)》的本科生会议是以2015年10月在西北大学举办的第一次这样的会议为蓝本的，当时吸引了来自数学科学和各种机构的50名本科生，并将汇集80名对纯数学和应用数学感兴趣的女本科生。与第一次迭代一样，Growth II将结合研究演讲、小组讨论、小组和个人指导、主旨演讲者的宴会和网络机会。我们还将为这一活动创建一个框架，使其持续到未来，不仅在西北大学，而且在其他机构。第二个活动是在下一个Growth化身的前两天举行数学家会议。此次峰会将讨论如何重塑美国数学专业，使其对本科生女性更具吸引力；美国不同学院和大学数学专业性别比例差异巨大的原因；以及创建一个大使网络，他们将能够帮助全国其他地区的人实施类似的项目。这项工作由美国国家科学基金会数学科学部和本科生教育部共同资助。

This grant will fund two related conferences aimed at addressing gender imbalances within the mathematical sciences. The first conference is a weekend long conference for women undergraduates in the mathematical science, designed to encourage women studying mathematics in the USA to continue their mathematical education at the graduate level. The second activity is a summit of mathematicians, with the goal of addressing the broader issues that affect the gender imbalances in the mathematical sciences. The undergraduate conference, titled Graduate Research Opportunities for Women (GROW) is modeled on the first such conference organized at Northwestern in October 2015, which attracted 50 undergraduates from across the mathematical sciences and a wide variety of institutions, and will bring together 80 women undergraduates interested in pure and applied mathematics. As in the first iteration, GROW II will combine research talks, panel discussions, mentoring in groups and individually, a banquet with speech by a keynote speaker, and networking opportunities. We will also create a framework for this activity to continue into the future, not only at Northwestern but also at other institutions. The second activity is a meeting of mathematicians in the two days before the next incarnation of GROW. This summit will discuss ways in which the US mathematics major can be recrafted to make it more attractive to undergraduate women; reasons behind the substantial differences in gender ratio among mathematics majors at different colleges and universities in the USA; and the creation of a network of ambassadors who will be able to assist people at other locations around the country to implement similar programs. This work is co-funded by the NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Division of Undergraduate Education.