Conference: Increasing Underrepresented Minorities in STEM: The NOBCChE Annual Conference

会议：增加 STEM 领域代表性不足的少数群体：NOBCChE 年会

• 批准号: 2319512
• 负责人: Tyrslai Williams-Carter
• 金额: $ 28.37万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319512&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Increasing; Underrepresented; Minorities; STEM

This award, jointly funded by the Divisions of Chemistry, Division of Material Science, Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM HBCU-UP, and the Systems and Synthetic Biology Programs, supports Professor Tyrslai Williams-Carter and Professor Renã AS Robinson on behalf of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) to support students in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related disciplines to attend the organization’s annual conferences. Diversifying the chemical enterprise is a national challenge and priority to strengthen the nation’s workforce and for the US to remain globally competitive. The NOBCChE annual conference provides opportunities for underrepresented students in chemistry, chemical engineering, and related disciplines to be exposed to career opportunities, share their research progress and findings, access a network of professional mentors and training, and learn the latest cutting-edge research in their disciplinary areas.This project addresses questions around the importance of an organization such as NOBCChE, and its annual conference on providing support for underrepresented groups to matriculate in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The project will evaluate over three years how effective its annual conference is on the scientific identities of undergraduate and graduate students that participate in conference activities. Additionally, the project will evaluate the impact of the conference sense of belonging in STEM for the students and will measure outcomes of the proposed activities on STEM employment and education. The project team and NOBCChE organization are committed to diversifying the STEM workforce and ensuring underrepresented groups have the necessary resources to be successful in STEM.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.

该奖项由化学部、材料科学部、STEM HBCU-UP 卓越公平部以及系统和合成生物学项目联合资助，代表全国黑人化学家和化学工程师职业发展组织（NOBCChE）支持化学、化学工程或相关学科的学生参加该组织的年度会议，使化学企业多元化。 NOBCChE 年度会议为化学、化学工程和相关学科的代表性不足的学生提供了接触职业机会、分享他们的研究进展和发现的机会。 ，访问专业导师和培训网络，并了解其学科领域的最新前沿研究。该项目解决了有关 NOBCChE 等组织的重要性及其为弱势群体入学提供支持的年度会议的问题该项目将评估三年内的年度会议对参加会议活动的本科生和研究生的科学身份的影响。会议将衡量学生对 STEM 的归属感，并将衡量拟议的 STEM 就业和教育活动的成果。项目团队和 NOBCChE 组织致力于使 STEM 劳动力多样化，并确保代表性不足的群体拥有在 STEM 领域取得成功所需的资源。该奖项体现了通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。