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参加 2020 年 9 月 24 日至 25 日举行的全国黑人化学家和化学工程师职业发展组织 (NOBCChE) 年度会议。2020 年 NOBCChE 会议于由于 COVID-19 的干扰，2020 年将采用虚拟形式。选定的参与者来自科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域代表性不足的少数群体。除了为学生提供注册支持外，该奖项还支持开发一个强大的参与者参与在线平台。该项目由数学和物理科学局的化学和材料研究司、生物科学局的分子和细胞生物科学司、化学、生物工程和运输系统司以及生物科学司资助。工业创新和合作伙伴关系，均属于工程理事会。首席研究员是密西西比大学的戈弗雷·穆雷尔 (Godfrey Murrell)。该奖项为参与者提供了参与四大重点领域的机会：1）STEM 技术和专业发展； 2) 与 STEM 专业人士的交流和指导机会； 3) 接触 STEM 领域享有盛誉的少数族裔榜样； 4) STEM 职业发展机会。学生参与者与来自工业界、政府和学术界的同行和专业人士互动，发展合作并探索攻读化学、化学工程和相关学科研究生学位的机会。这是通过虚拟会议完成的。这些机会不仅影响这些特定的参与个人，而且还使更大的 STEM 领域从业者社区受益，因为这些活动有助于从代表性不足的人才库中招募和留住个人。 NOBCChE 致力于增加 STEM 劳动力中少数族裔的数量。典型的为期一周的 NOBCChE 会议被压缩为两天，而会后可获取各种材料，从而将会议压缩为两天。评估计划可以将之前的现场 NOBCChE 活动与有史以来的第一次虚拟活动进行比较。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。