Travel funds in support of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society 1999 Annual International Meeting, July 1999, Orlando, Florida

1998年IEEE- ap /URSI天线与传播会议是由电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）和国际无线电科学联盟（URSI）共同主办的年度国际会议。该会议定期吸引大约一千名代表学术界和工业界的与会者。IEEE的天线与传播学会和URSI的几个小组将于1999年7月在佛罗里达州奥兰多的文艺复兴酒店举行会议。每年，天线与传播协会通过多种机制促进学生参与会议。其中最重要的是会议上的学生论文比赛。这个精选项目将世界上最优秀的学生聚集在一起，在一个综合项目中，他们向包括一组评委在内的技术观众展示他们的作品。该项目有助于培养学生的技术敏锐度以及他们的沟通和演讲技巧。它还有助于将他们介绍给国际技术社区，并帮助建立一个由学生组成的社区，这些学生将领导下一代天线工程师。AP提供各种形式的财政支助，包括低成本住房援助，但不报销旅费。来自NSF的旅行支持将确保该项目对来自美国大学的最广泛的感兴趣的申请人开放。本提案要求提供旅费支助，以支付论文已被选定在会议上发表但缺乏经费且没有旅费支助可能无法出席会议的年轻研究人员的旅费。建议由AP技术计划委员会选择获得支持的项目。按20名与会者平均700美元的旅费补助金计算，所需经费总额为14 000美元

9819861ThursbyThe 1998 IEEE-AP/URSI Conference on Antennas and Propagation is an annual international conference co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE), and the Union of Radio Science International(URSI). The conference regularly draws about one thousand participants representing academia and industry. The Antennas and Propagation Society of the IEEE along with several subgroups of URSI will meet in Orlando, Florida at the Renaissance Hotel in July 1999.Each year, the Antennas and Propagation Society promotes student participation in the conference through a number of mechanisms. One of the most important is the Student Paper Competition at the conference. This selective program brings the world's best students together in an integrated program in which they present their work to a technical audience including a group of judges. The program helps develop the students' technical acumen as well as their communication and presentation skills. It also helps introduce then to the international technical community and helps to build a community of students who will lead the next generation of antenna engineers.The AP provides financial support of various forms including assistance in low cost housing, but does not reimburse travel expenses. Travel support from NSF will ensure that the program is open to the widest range of interested applicants from U.S. Universities.This proposal requests travel support to defray the travel expenses for young investigators whose papers have been selected for presentation at the Conference, but who lack funds and might not be able to attend without travel support. It is proposed that the AP Technical Program Committee select those to receive the support. The total amount requested is $14,000 on the basis of an average travel grant of $700 for 20 participants.***