{"id":2633,"date":"2015-10-15T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2016-11-07T21:03:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T01:03:25","slug":"alfred-p-sloan-foundation-awards-grant-to-nimbios-for-2016-blackwell-tapia-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/15\/alfred-p-sloan-foundation-awards-grant-to-nimbios-for-2016-blackwell-tapia-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards Grant to NIMBioS for 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2634\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screenshot-from-2015-10-14-150046.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2634\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2634\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screenshot-from-2015-10-14-150046.png\" alt=\"The Blackwell-Tapia Prize and Conference honor the legacy of two trailblazing minority mathematicians. Source: http:\/\/www.mathinstitutes.org\/diversity\/Blackwell-Tapia\" width=\"258\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blackwell-Tapia Prize and Conference honors the legacy of two trailblazing minority mathematicians.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NIMBioS&#8217; plan to host the 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Awards Ceremony,\u00a0an event focused on fostering the careers of minority groups underrepresented in the mathematical sciences, received a big boost this month from a $26,364 award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Awards Ceremony, which NIMBioS will co-host with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsi.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">SAMSI<\/a>, will be the ninth conference since 2000. The conference is held bi-annually, with the location rotating among NSF Mathematics Institutes. The conference and prize honors David Blackwell, the first African- American member of the National Academy of Science, and Richard Tapia, winner of the National Medal of Science in 2010, two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino\/Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics. The Blackwell-Tapia Prize recognizes a mathematician who has contributed significantly to research in his or her area of expertise and who has served as a role model for mathematical scientists and students from underrepresented minority groups or has contributed in other significant ways to addressing the program of underrepresentation of minorities in math.<\/p>\n<p>Conference goals are to:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Recognize and showcase mathematical excellence by minority researchers<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Recognize and disseminate successful efforts to address under-representation<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Inform students and mathematicians about career opportunities in mathematics, especially outside academia<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Provide networking opportunities for mathematical researchers at all points in the higher education\/career trajectory<\/p>\n<p>Support from the Sloan Foundation will go toward speaker travel, facility fees, the awards banquet and other expenses that will make the event possible. Grant PI&#8217;s are NIMBioS Education &amp; Outreach Coordinator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/personnel\/staff\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Sturner<\/a>, Associate Director for Education &amp; Outreach <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/personnel\/dir_lenhart\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Lenhart<\/a>, and Evaluation Manager\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/personnel\/staff\" target=\"_blank\">Pamela Bishop<\/a>. While the Sloan Foundation has previously supported the Blackwell-Tapia Conference, this is NIMBioS&#8217; first grant with the Sloan Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Conference planning is now underway! More information about the conference will become available in spring of 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIMBioS&#8217; plan to host the 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Awards Ceremony,\u00a0an event focused on fostering the careers of minority groups underrepresented in the mathematical sciences, received a big boost this month from a $26,364 award from the Alfred P. Sloan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/15\/alfred-p-sloan-foundation-awards-grant-to-nimbios-for-2016-blackwell-tapia-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,116,64,66,15,130,4],"tags":[40,51,49,102,91,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions\/2731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}