Workshop: Broadening participation of persons with disabilities in STEM, October 14-16 2019, National Federation for the Blind, Baltimore, MD

该奖项为将于2019年10月14日至16日在马里兰州巴尔的摩的全国盲人联合会总部举行的研讨会提供参与者支持。会议的目的是召集更广泛的影响和残疾服务界的利益攸关方讨论挑战和可能的解决方案，以增加残疾人的参与，他们在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的代表性仍然严重不足。会议的形式将是主题演讲、小组讨论和小组集思广益的结合。成果将包括一份报告，说明为促进残疾人有意义地参与STEM所作努力的现状，例如正在做什么和还需要做什么。除了确定需要的领域外，报告还将考虑推进有意义的解决方案的潜在方法。会议和报告预计将推动进一步研究与改善残疾人获得STEM职业机会有关的问题。这次研讨会的动机是需要新的资源，以帮助学术和私营部门机构的研究人员和其他人提高他们将残疾人纳入STEM职业生涯的能力。预计这次会议将促进形成新的合作，并建立一个具有共同利益的个人网络，共同努力满足这一关键的国家需求。特别注意让残疾人作为会议的组织者和参与者。会议将向所有人开放，会议成果将通过未来的研讨会和赞助组织的资源广泛传播，这些组织包括全国更广泛影响联盟、推进社会研究影响中心和美国盲人联合会。该奖项由以下机构共同资助：主任办公室的综合活动办公室；生物科学局分子生物科学部的遗传机制、细胞动力学和功能计划；工程局的新兴前沿和多学科活动部；以及NSF INCLUDE，其重点是催化科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)企业合作实现包容性变革。该奖项反映了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 provides participant support for a workshop to be held October 14-16, 2019 at the National Federation for the Blind Headquarters in Baltimore, MD. The purpose of the meeting is to convene stakeholders from the broader impacts and disability services communities to discuss challenges and possible solutions to increase participation of persons with disabilities, who continue to be significantly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The format of the meeting will be a combination of keynote talks, panel discussions, and small-group brainstorming. Outcomes will include a report on the current status of efforts being undertaken to promote meaningful engagement of persons with disabilities in STEM, e.g., what is being done and what remains to be done. In addition to identifying the areas of need, the report will consider potential ways to move forward toward meaningful solutions. The meeting and the report are expected to spur further research on issues related to improving accessibility to STEM careers for persons with disabilities. This workshop is motivated by the need for new resources to help researchers and others in academic and private sector institutions increase their ability to include persons with disabilities in STEM careers. The meeting is expected to catalyze formation of new collaborations and to build a network of individuals with a shared interest in working together to address this critical national need. Special attention has been given to involving persons with disabilities as organizers and participants in the meeting. The meeting will be accessible for all, and outcomes of the meeting will be widely disseminated via future workshops and resources of the sponsoring organizations, including the National Alliance for Broader Impacts, the Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society, and the American Federation for the Blind. This award was co-funded by the following: Office of Integrative Activities in the Office of the Director; the Programs in Genetic Mechanisms and in Cellular Dynamics and Function in the Division of Molecular Biosciences in the Biological Sciences Directorate; the Division of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities in the Engineering Directorate; and NSF INCLUDES, which focuses on catalyzing the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) enterprise to collaboratively work for inclusive change.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.