Increasing Underrepresented Minorities in STEM: The 45th Annual National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Conference

该奖项由数学和物理科学局化学部特别项目计划资助。首席调查者是位于亨茨维尔的阿拉巴马大学的伊曼纽尔·沃德尔。这项活动支持135名本科生、研究生和博士后参加于9月9日举行的第45届全国黑人化学家和化学工程师专业促进组织(NOBCChE)年会。2018年17-20日，佛罗里达州奥兰多。选定的参与者来自科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域中代表性较低的少数群体。该奖项为参与者提供了参与四个主要重点领域的机会：1)技术和专业发展；2)与STEM领域的专业人员建立网络和指导机会；3)接触STEM中备受瞩目的少数族裔榜样；以及4)学术和专业STEM职业发展机会。学员与业界、政府和学术界的同行和专业人士互动，开展合作，并探索在化学或化学工程学科攻读研究生学位的机会。这些机会可能不仅影响这些具体参与的个人，而且使更大的STEM外地从业人员社区受益，因为这些活动有助于从代表性不足的人才库中招聘和留住个人。NOBCChE寻求增加STEM工作队伍中少数族裔的数量。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded by the Special Projects Program of the Chemistry Division of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate. The Principle Investigator is Emanuel Waddell of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This activity supports the participation of 135 undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral students at the 45th Annual National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) conference, held Sept. 17 - 20, 2018 in Orlando, FL. Selected participants are from underrepresented minority groups in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This award provides opportunities for participants to engage in four major areas of focus: 1) technical and professional development; 2) networking and mentorship opportunities with professionals working in STEM fields; 3) exposure to high-profile minority role models in STEM; and 4) academic and professional STEM career advancement opportunities. Student participants interact with peers and professionals from industry, government, and academia to develop collaborations and to explore opportunities to pursue graduate degrees in the chemistry or chemical engineering disciplines. These opportunities may not only impact these specific participating individuals, but also benefit the larger community of STEM field practitioners as these activities are useful in recruiting and retaining individuals from underrepresented talent pools. NOBCChE seeks to increase the number of minorities in the STEM workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.