| NSF Org: |
PHY Division Of Physics |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | January 23, 2014 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | June 3, 2016 |
| Award Number: | 1346627 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Kathleen McCloud
kmccloud@nsf.gov (703)292-8236 PHY Division Of Physics MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | February 1, 2014 |
| End Date: | January 31, 2018 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $383,194.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $444,319.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2016 = $61,125.00 |
| History of Investigator: |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
ONE PHYSICS ELL IPSE COLLEGE PARK MD US 20740-3841 (301)209-3657 |
| Sponsor Congressional District: |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
One Physics Ellipse College Park MD US 20740-3844 |
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Performance Congressional District: |
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| NSF Program(s): |
OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC, Hist Black Colleges and Univ, DMR SHORT TERM SUPPORT, PHYSICS-BROADEN PARTICIPATION, Integrative Activities in Phys |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001617DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 04001415DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04001617DB NSF Education & Human Resource |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
This award to the American Physical Society supports the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP), held annually since 2006. The conferences have two overarching goals: 1) to give undergraduate women the resources, motivation, and confidence to apply to graduate school and to successfully complete a Ph.D. in physics or a related discipline; and 2) to increase awareness by undergraduate women in physics of the wide range of career opportunities available to them. Regional conferences are held simultaneously to maximize student attendance by minimizing travel, to increase the excitement of the participants in a joint national venture, and to allow the interactive simulcast of a keynote address.
The project looks to evaluate self-efficacy beliefs, physics identity and outcome expectations of the participants. Through this research and the project evaluation, there is potential to gain new knowledge about the issues facing undergraduate women in physics, as well as how effective activities like these are. The project will advance our understanding of factors that impact the ability of female students to pursue undergraduate degrees in physics and have a positive impact on a population that remains underrepresented in physics.
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