Artemis Scholarship Program for Women in STEM

STEM 女性阿尔忒弥斯奖学金计划

• 批准号: 2324772
• 负责人: Mary Carmichael
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Hollins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-15 至 2029-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2324772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Artemis; Scholarship; Program; Women; STEM

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists and mathematicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need through the formation of the Artemis Scholarship Program at Hollins University, a women's college located in Roanoke, Virginia. Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships of up to $8,200 to 18 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, environmental science, chemistry, and mathematics. This project will provide scholarships and supports that increase the preparation, retention, belonging, and self-efficacy of women in STEM through pre-orientation, faculty and alumnae/i mentoring, a research course, research and internships, cohort activities, leadership training, and career development services. Faculty mentors will receive professional development to improve their ability to support scholars. Hollins' pool of prospective scholars has a high percentage of both minority students who are underrepresented in their participation in STEM fields of study and first-generation students. Thus, improving their retention and graduation in STEM majors is likely to broaden participation in the targeted disciplines. Beyond the scholars, other STEM students will benefit from the new 2-credit leadership course, a January term research design and methods course, and a summer research experience. Recruitment will bolster the pipeline of low-income high school women interested in STEM and improve their awareness of STEM careers and project scholarships will increase the accessibility of a Hollins education for low-income women by reducing their financial burden.The project objectives are to (1) recruit and enroll 18 eligible students in the targeted majors; (2) eliminate their unmet financial need up to $15,000; (3) increase their academic self-efficacy and reduce imposter syndrome; (4) increase their connections with peers, faculty, and alumnae/i; (5) increase their understanding of career paths; and (6) guide scholars through their degree programs and into graduate study or the STEM workforce. Artemis will add to the knowledge base by evaluating the effectiveness of pre-orientation activities, academic supports, faculty and alumnae/i mentoring, a research course, research and internships, social activities, and leadership training in fostering senses of belonging, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy and reducing imposter syndrome in women in STEM. A detailed participatory evaluation, coupled with reflective focus groups, will involve the scholars in investigating the effectiveness of leadership training, mentoring, and other key project components. Outcomes and project components will be disseminated to communities of interest. 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 STEM workers, 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.

该项目将通过在位于霍林斯大学的一所女子学院设立阿尔特弥斯奖学金计划，支持有经济需要的成绩优异、低收入的学生的保留和毕业，从而满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家和数学家的需求。在弗吉尼亚州罗阿诺克。该项目为期六年，将为攻读生物学、环境科学、化学和数学学士学位的 18 名独特全日制学生提供高达 8,200 美元的奖学金。该项目将提供奖学金和支持，通过预先培训、教师和校友指导、研究课程、研究和实习、队列活动、领导力培训，提高 STEM 领域女性的准备、保留、归属感和自我效能感。和职业发展服务。教师导师将接受专业发展，以提高他们支持学者的能力。霍林斯的未来学者群体中，参与 STEM 学习领域代表性不足的少数族裔学生和第一代学生的比例很高。因此，提高他们在 STEM 专业的保留率和毕业率可能会扩大他们对目标学科的参与。除了学者之外，其他 STEM 学生也将受益于新的 2 学分领导力课程、一月份学期的研究设计和方法课程以及暑期研究体验。招募将增加对 STEM 感兴趣的低收入高中女性的渠道，并提高她们对 STEM 职业的认识，项目奖学金将通过减轻低收入女性的经济负担，增加她们接受霍林斯教育的机会。该项目的目标是（ 1）招收目标专业符合条件的学生18名； (2) 消除最多 15,000 美元的未满足财务需求； （3）提高学业自我效能感，减少冒名顶替综合症； (4) 增加与同龄人、教师和校友的联系； （5）增加对职业道路的了解； (6) 指导学者完成学位课程并进入研究生学习或进入 STEM 劳动力队伍。 Artemis 将通过评估预定向活动、学术支持、教师和校友/我指导、研究课程、研究和实习、社交活动以及领导力培训在培养归属感和自我效能方面的有效性来丰富知识库以及 STEM 领域女性的自我倡导和减少冒名顶替综合症。详细的参与式评估，加上反思焦点小组，将使学者们参与调查领导力培训、指导和其他关键项目组成部分的有效性。结果和项目组成部分将分发给感兴趣的社区。该项目由 NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加具有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生获得 STEM 领域学位的数量。它还旨在改善未来 STEM 工作者的教育，并产生有关低收入学生的学业成功、保留、转学、毕业以及学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持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。