APS CUWiP: Supporting the Success of All Undergraduate Women in Physics

该奖项授予美国物理学会，支持自2006年以来每年举行的物理学本科女生会议（CUWiP）的持续发展和改进。CUWiP努力的目标是通过以下方式提高女大学生物理学专业的保留率和职业成果：㈠宣传物理学专业的教育广度和职业道路; ㈡传播关于申请暑期研究、研究生院和专业就业的信息和建议;以及（iii）提供机会，让处于不同教育或职业道路阶段的妇女分享经验、意见和想法。CUWiP的目标将通过以下方式实现：（一）女物理学家的鼓舞人心的演讲，（二）关于夏季研究、研究生院、物理职业、专业发展和少数民族妇女在物理学方面面临的问题的讲习班和小组讨论，（三）学生演讲或海报会议，以及（四）建立网络和非正式指导的机会。资源，网络和动力，追求高级学位和/或职业生涯中的物理。这些会议的广泛地域分布使参加会议的机会最大化，有利于从代表性不足的少数群体和当地社区学院招聘学生。当地会议组织为学生和博士后提供了直接参与科学的机会。拟议的活动将使组织者能够探讨这些会议如何促进网络联系，并改善与会者对自我效能和物理学家身份的态度。建议的年度评估结果将用于提高会议的有效性。该项目由NSF数学和物理科学理事会的两个部门共同支持：物理部门和材料研究部门。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This award to the American Physical Society supports the continued growth and improvement of the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP), held annually since 2006. The goals of the CUWiP effort are to increase retention and improve career outcomes of undergraduate women in physics by (i) communicating the breadth of education and career paths open to physics majors; (ii) disseminating information and advice on applying for summer research, graduate school and professional employment; and (iii) providing opportunities to share experiences, advice and ideas with women at different stages of their education or career paths. The CUWiP goals will be achieved by providing (i) inspiring talks by female physicists, (ii) workshops and panel discussions on summer research, graduate school, physics careers, professional development, and issues facing minority women in physics, (iii) student presentations or poster sessions, and (iv) opportunities for networking and informal mentoring.CUWiP aims to broaden the participation of women in physics by providing information, resources, networks and motivation to pursue advanced degrees and/or careers in physics. The broad geographic distribution of the conferences maximizes access to the conferences and facilitates recruitment of students from underrepresented minority groups and from local community colleges. Local conference organization provides opportunities for students and postdocs to engage directly in broadening participation in science. The proposed activities will enable the organizers to probe how these conferences facilitate networking and improve participants’ attitudes concerning self-efficacy and identity as physicists. The results of the proposed annual assessments will be used to improve the effectiveness of the conferences.This project is supported jointly by two divisions of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate: the Division of Physics and the Division of Materials ResearchThis 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.