2020 NSBP Annual Conference, November 6-8, 2020

该奖项授予摩根州立大学，以支持2020年全国黑人物理学家协会（NSBP）的年度会议，主题为“实现愿景-从第一原理到未来”。本次会议面向学生（本科生和研究生）、博士后、教师和其他研究人员。NSBP年度科学会议是NSBP计划的一部分，该计划旨在增加学术管道和STEM劳动力中可用的非裔美国物理学家数量。NSBP会议的目标是提供指导机会，增加参与者与招聘人员的接触，提供交流机会，并根据研讨会评估结果向物理学和相关领域的更广泛社区通报最佳实践。NSBP会议直接讨论了(1)NSF的10大构想，包括人类技术前沿工作的未来、宇宙之窗和NSF INCLUDES的目标；(2)美国物理学会团队合作报告的建议，即专业学会与资助机构合作，致力于实现到2030年将授予非裔美国人的物理学和天文学学士学位数量增加一倍的目标。会议将于2020年11月6日至8日在线举行。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award to Morgan State University supports the 2020 annual conference of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) themed “Achieving the Vision – From First Principles to the Future.” The conference is designed for students (undergraduate and graduate), post-docs, faculty and other researchers. The NSBP annual scientific conferences are part of NSBP’s plan to increase the pool of African American physicists available in the academic pipeline and STEM workforce. The goals of the NSBP Conference are to provide mentorship opportunities, increase participant access to recruiters, offer networking opportunities and inform the broader community in physics and related areas on best practices based on the outcome of evaluation of the workshop. The NSBP Conference directly addresses (1) the NSF’s 10 Big Ideas, including Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier, Windows on the Universe, and the objectives of NSF INCLUDES and (2) the recommendation of the American Institute of Physics TEAM-UP report that professional societies work with funding agencies to commit to achieving the goal of doubling the number of bachelor’s degrees in physics and astronomy awarded to African Americans by 2030. The conference will be held online on November 6-8, 2020.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.