Collaborative Research: Human-Centered Computing Scholars: Need-based, Extensive Support Through Degree Completion

发展一支多样化的、具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力队伍仍然是国家的重要优先事项。目前，这一需求在计算机/信息科学与工程领域尤为迫切。研究表明，与其他STEM领域的学生相比，更多的计算机/信息科学学生来自收入最低的25%的家庭。这项为期五年的计划，将资助30名成绩优异、经济上有需要的低收入家庭学生攻读计算机专业的博士学位，以满足对高素质计算机/信息专业人才的需求。通过提供长达五年的奖学金支持，以及指导和专业发展支持，该计划旨在克服社会经济地位较低的博士生面临的四个障碍：(1)经济问题；(2)负面心理影响；（三）告知不充分的；(4)社会化努力不平等。该项目预计毕业生将在毕业后12个月内进入工业、政府或学术界的STEM工作岗位。因此，这个项目将有助于培养一支多样化的、高素质的计算机工作队伍。该项目建立在以前的NSF奖励和现有资源的基础上，用于学生招聘、社区建设和STEM劳动力发展。该项目包括更新的项目，其中学者将形成一个统一的队列，作为他们支持的支柱，辅以教师指导、相关学术和专业发展研讨会、外部支持、针对交叉身份的特定人口的支持，以及通过在线职业跟踪门户网站在博士学位之后的持续参与。教师发展活动也包括在内，以帮助改善不同的学生和教师在计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE）部门的氛围。该项目的目标是：1)提高CISE部门博士项目低收入学生的保留率和毕业率；2)使学者在毕业后12个月内获得STEM工作；3)改善CISE部门博士学生的多样性和包容性文化和氛围。该项目将推进有关计算机科学身份和研究身份的知识，同时也解决了有关研究生计算机科学身份测量的文献空白。该项目还将产生关于研究生的经济地位和大学校园环境与计算机科学和研究身份之间关系的新知识。这些信息可以帮助机构更好地了解这些关键因素与学生成绩之间的联系，从而提高计算机/信息科学与工程专业的研究生教育。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来科学家、工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。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。

Development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce remains an important national priority. At present, this need is especially pressing in the areas of computer/ information science and engineering. Research has shown that, in comparison to students in other STEM fields, more computing/information science students are from families with incomes in the bottom 25% of the population. This five-year project will address the need for highly-qualified computer/information professionals by supporting thirty high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing doctorate degrees in computing fields. By providing up to five years of scholarship support, as well as mentoring and professional development support, the program aims to overcome four barriers faced by low-socioeconomic status students in PhD programs: (1) financial concerns; (2) negative psychological effects; (3) inadequate advisement; and (4) unequal socialization efforts. The project expects that the graduates will enter STEM jobs in industry, government, or academia within 12 months of graduation. Thus, this project will help to develop a diverse, highly-qualified computing workforce.The project builds upon previous NSF awards and existing resources for student recruitment, community building, and STEM workforce development. This project includes newer programming in which Scholars will form a unified cohort as the backbone of their support, supplemented by faculty mentoring, relevant academic and professional development workshops, external support, demographic-specific support for intersectional identities, and sustained engagement past the PhD through an online career tracking portal. Faculty development activities are also included to help improve the climate for diverse students and faculty within the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Department. The objectives of the project are to 1) improve the retention and graduation rates of low-income students in PhD programs in the CISE Department, 2) equip Scholars to obtain STEM employment within 12 months of graduation, and 3) improve the culture and climate for diversity and inclusion for PhD students within the CISE Department. The project will advance knowledge concerning computer science identity and research identity, while also addressing gaps in the literature regarding the measurement of computer science identity of graduate students. This project will also generate new knowledge concerning how graduate students' economic status and college campus climate relate to both computer science and research identities. This information can help institutions better understand associations between these critical factors and student outcomes to improve graduate education in computer/information science and engineering. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.