Conference Proposal for NSF support of the Fall 2020 ACS Graduate Student Symposium entitled Pushing the Boundaries: Women Scientists Catalyzing Change; AUG 2020; San Francisco, CA

NSF 支持 2020 年秋季 ACS 研究生研讨会的会议提案，题为“突破界限：女性科学家催化变革”；

• 批准号: 2013322
• 负责人: Tepora Su'a
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Wayne State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2013322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Proposal; NSF; support; Fall; Conference; Proposal; NSF; support; Fall

The project supports travel and accommodation costs for speakers and graduate student attendees at the Fall 2020 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition, August 16-20, 2020 in San Francisco, CA. Specifically, the funding will support a graduate student organized symposium entitled 'Pushing the Boundaries: Women Scientists Catalyzing Change.' The symposium will focus on recognizing the high-impact research of women chemists and chemical engineers all over the country in the field of molecular and nanoscale catalysis. The symposium is conceived and organized by a committee of graduate students from Wayne State University. The symposium is is a continuation of a practice by the Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) of the American Chemical Society (co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education) to allow a group of graduate students from a particular institution to plan and orchestrate a symposium at a national ACS meeting on a subject of their choosing. The graduate students have full responsibility in selecting a theme, inviting distinguished speakers, securing sponsorship, and selecting and mentoring the next GSSPC symposium. The intellectual merit of the proposed symposium lies in efforts to invite speakers that have significant presence in the field of molecular and nanoscale catalysis. Catalytic materials research is a rich area of interest because of the beneficial implications these materials have on the way we approach synthetic processes imperative to our way of life. From alternative energy to green house gas conversion, these processes need catalysts to drive their reactions forward. Thus, one of the goals of the symposium is to exploit the innovative research work being done in these areas by inviting distinguished female researchers in these fields to come and share their science. From the broader impacts perspective, the project will make a positive impact on the retention and recruitment of women in science. In addition to promoting gender equity, the symposium will promote diversity and inclusion in STEM fields in three ways: 1) by inviting speakers from culturally and professionally diverse backgrounds, 2) by providing travel grants to undergraduates from underrepresented identity groups, and 3) by inviting all attendees to a networking reception following the symposium. Scientific impacts include exposing the scientific community to a broad range of catalytic materials and engaging more scientists into the field of catalysis research.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.

该项目支持2020年秋季美国化学学会（ACS）全国会议和博览会的演讲者和研究生与会者的旅行和住宿费用，2020年8月16日至2020日在加利福尼亚州旧金山。具体而言，资金将支持研究生组织的研讨会，标题为“界限：女科学家催化变化”。该研讨会将着重于认识到分子和纳米级催化领域的全国女性化学家和化学工程师的高影响研究。 该研讨会是由韦恩州立大学的研究生委员会构思和组织的。 该研讨会是美国化学学会的研究生研讨会计划委员会（GSSPC）（由ACS化学教育部共同赞助）的实践的延续，允许特定机构的一群研究生计划，并在国家ACS上与他们选择的主题相遇的国家ACS上，并在国家ACS上进行座谈会。研究生在选择主题，邀请杰出的演讲者，确保赞助以及选择和指导下一届GSSPC研讨会方面负有全部责任。 拟议的研讨会的智力优点在于努力邀请在分子和纳米级催化领域具有重要存在的说话者。催化材料研究是一个丰富的感兴趣领域，因为这些材料对我们的生活方式至关重要的合成过程具有有益的含义。从替代能量到温室气体转化，这些过程需要催化剂才能向前推动其反应。因此，研讨会的目标之一是通过邀请这些领域的杰出女性研究人员来分享他们的科学来利用这些领域的创新研究工作。从更广泛的影响角度来看，该项目将对妇女在科学领域的保留和招聘产生积极影响。除了促进性别平等外，研讨会还将通过三种方式促进STEM领域的多样性和包容性：1）通过邀请来自文化和专业多样的背景的演讲者，2）2）通过向邀请所有与会者提供邀请所有与会者的参与者向网络接待处提供旅行赠款。科学的影响包括将科学界暴露于广泛的催化材料中，并使更多的科学家参与催化研究领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估来审查标准的评估。