TAUP 2003, Eighth International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics

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The funds request from the NSF in support of the internationalconference Topics in Astrophysical and Underground Physics willbe used to support local and/or travel expenses for two groupsof participants. The first are young researchers, graduatestudents and postdoctoral research associates, who lack adequateresources to otherwise attend. TAUP is an excellent meeting for young researchers because of the opportunities to speakin afternoon workshops and to participate in the poster session.The second are participants wanting to participate in the afternoon workshop on outreach and education. Several key people -- a public school teacher active in FermiLab outreach,an outreach specialist for a major science center -- will beable to attend only if we can support their travel. The outreachworkshop is new to TAUP, suggested by Sandro Bettini, Directorof Gran Sasso and the chair of the TAUP2001 organizing committee.Its purpose is to bring together outreach specialists from international underground laboratories (as well as other laboratories) to discuss how outreach programs can be coordinatedand enhanced. The TAUP workshop is being organized by RobertaAntolini (Gran Sasso director of outreach), Len Bugel (involvedwith FermiLab outreach to public schools), and Evalyn Gates(with the Adler Planetarium). Bettini will also address thistopic in his plenary talk. There is keen US interest in thistopic because of outreach plans for the proposed NUSEL.