Support for International Travel to the Sixth International Conference on Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM03), Dingle, Ireland, August 31 - September 3, 2003

这笔旅行补助金将为参加2003年8月31日至9月3日在爱尔兰丁格尔举行的非接触式原子力显微镜国际会议（ncAFM03）的一小群美国科学家提供部分支持。该系列会议是分享这一快速发展的技术进展的主要国际场所，该技术使绝缘和导电表面的原子分辨率研究成为可能。这笔资金将使新的美国研究人员能够了解这项令人兴奋的技术的最新进展，与该领域前沿的国际团体成员会面，并带回在美国科学调查中使用该技术的想法。它将促进国际合作，让知情的研究人员更有效地利用美国资源。旅行补助金将使8名研究生或博士后助理，特别是那些有摘要要展示的人，能够旅行并与该领域的其他科学家互动，该领域几乎涵盖了所有物理和生物科学。

This Travel Grant will provide partial support for a small group of US scientists to attend the International Conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM03) in Dingle, Ireland, August 31 to September 3, 2003. This conference series is the primary international venue for sharing advances in this rapidly developing technique, which enables atomic resolution investigation of both insulating and conducting surfaces. The funds will enable new US investigators to become informed about the latest progress in this exciting technique, to meet members of the international groups at the frontier of the field, and to bring back ideas for use of the technique in scientific investigations in the USA. It will promote international cooperation and more efficient use of US resources by informed researchers. The Travel Grant will enable eight graduate students or post-doctoral associates, particularly those with abstracts to present, to travel and interact with other scientists in this field, which spans virtually all physical and biological sciences.