Increasing Underrepresented Minorities in STEM: The 47th NOBCChE Annual Conference (Virtual)

增加 STEM 领域代表性不足的少数群体：第 47 届 NOBCChE 年会（虚拟）

• 批准号: 2040138
• 负责人: Murrell Godfrey
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi
• 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: 2020-08-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2040138&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Underrepresented; Minorities; STEM; 47th

This award supports the participation of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral students at the Annual National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) conference, held Sept. 24-25, 2020. The 2020 NOBCChE conference is in a virtual format in 2020 due to disruptions from COVID-19. Selected participants are from underrepresented minority groups in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In addition to providing registration support for students, this award enables the development of a robust online platform for participant engagement. This is funded by Divisions of Chemistry and Materials Research, both of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences in the Biological Science Directorate, and the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, and Transport Systems as well as the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, both of the Engineering Directorate. The Principle Investigator is Godfrey Murrell of the University of Mississippi. This award provides opportunities for participants to engage in four major areas of focus: 1) STEM technical and professional development; 2) networking and mentorship opportunities with STEM professionals; 3) exposure to prestigious minority role models in STEM; and 4) STEM career advancement opportunities. Student participants interact with peers and professionals from industry, government, and academia to develop collaborations and to explore opportunities to pursue graduate degrees in the chemistry, chemical engineering and related disciplines. This is accomplished through a virtual conference. These opportunities not only impact these specific participating individuals, but also benefit the larger community of STEM field practitioners as these activities are useful in recruiting and retaining individuals from underrepresented talent pools. NOBCChE seeks to increase the number of minorities in the STEM workforce. The compression of the typical weeklong NOBCChE conference to two days is augmented by post conference access to various materials. Assessment plans enable the comparison of prior in person NOBCChE events to this first ever virtual event.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.

该奖项支持本科生，研究生和博士后学生的参与，该组织年度全国黑人化学家和化学工程师的专业发展组织（NOBCCHE）会议（2020年9月24日至25日举行）。2020年的Nobcche会议是由于与COVID-19的破坏，在2020年以虚拟格式为1920年。选定的参与者来自科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的代表性不足的少数群体。除了为学生提供注册支持外，该奖项还可以开发一个强大的在线平台，以供参与者参与。这是由化学和材料研究的划分资助的，无论是数学和物理科学局，生物科学局中分子和细胞生物镜的划分，以及化学，生物工程系统以及工业创新和工程局的工业创新和伙伴关系司。主要调查员是密西西比大学的戈弗雷·默雷尔（Godfrey Murrell）。该奖项为参与者提供了参与四个主要重点领域的机会：1）STEM技术和专业发展； 2）与STEM专业人员的网络和指导机会； 3）在STEM中接触著名的少数族裔模型； 4）STEM职业发展机会。学生参与者与行​​业，政府和学术界的同龄人和专业人士进行互动，以发展合作，并探索获得化学，化学工程和相关学科的研究生学位的机会。这是通过虚拟会议完成的。这些机会不仅会影响这些特定参与的个人，而且会使更大的STEM现场从业人员社区受益，因为这些活动可用于招募和保留人才不足的人才库中的个人。 Nobcche试图增加STEM劳动力中少数民族的数量。会议后访问各种材料，将典型的为期一周的Nobcche会议压缩为两天。评估计划使人们能够将诺贝切事件的先前事件与有史以来的第一个虚拟事件进行比较。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的影响评估标准通过评估来进行支持的。