Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Independent Scholars

研究生和独立学者的旅费补助

• 批准号: 9522049
• 负责人: Keith Benson
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: History of Science Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-15 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9522049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Grants; Graduate; Students; Independent

This five year grant provides funds for travel by graduate students and independent scholars to attend the annual meetings of the History of Science Society, the Philosophy of Science Association, the Society for History of Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science. All four societies have long prided themselves on their reputation as open organizations, eager to embrace scholars from many fields of work who share an interest in historical, philosophical, and social scientific studies of science and technology. This attitude of openness has also extended to the societies' efforts to involve junior scholars not only in the meetings as presenters but also in the governance of the societies and in the honors bestowed by the societies. All four societies have prizes and awards that specifically target graduate students and junior scholars and include junior scholars as members of standing committees. The efforts underscore the commitment of the membership to maintain the vitality, openness, and inclusiveness of their organizations by passing valued academic traditions to their younger colleagues. The major obstacle in implementing these goals is the lack of travel funds to bring student and independent scholars to meetings. With universities and colleges restricting travel funs and the job market constricting, the opportunity of the most junior members, graduate students, and independent scholars of the societies to obtain necessary funding to attend meetings of the societies also constricts. These travel grants will go a long way to provide support for participation of these groups.

这项为期五年的补助金为研究生和独立学者提供旅费，用于参加科学史学会、科学哲学协会、技术史学会和科学社会科学学会的年度会议。长期以来，这四个学会都以它们作为开放组织的声誉而自豪，它们渴望接纳来自许多工作领域的学者，他们对科学技术的历史、哲学和社会科学研究有共同的兴趣。这种开放的态度也延伸到协会的努力，使初级学者不仅作为发言者参加会议，而且参与协会的治理和协会授予的荣誉。所有四个学会都有专门针对研究生和初级学者的奖项，并包括初级学者作为常设委员会成员。这些努力强调了会员的承诺，即通过将宝贵的学术传统传递给年轻的同事，保持其组织的活力、开放性和包容性。实现这些目标的主要障碍是缺乏吸引学生和独立学者参加会议的旅费。随着大学和学院对旅行经费的限制和就业市场的紧缩，学会的大多数初级成员、研究生和独立学者获得必要资金参加学会会议的机会也受到限制。这些旅行赠款将大大有助于为这些团体的参与提供支持。