Partial Support of the Solid State Sciences Committee

该奖项将有助于支持固态科学委员会（SSSC）的工作。 固态科学委员会是国家研究理事会的一个常设委员会，负责回应联邦机构在凝聚态物理学、固态化学、电子材料、冶金学、聚合物和陶瓷基础材料科学方面的科学评估请求。这些评估由特设小组进行。 研究结果由美国国家科学院出版社以NRC报告的形式出版，确定了特殊科学机会的领域，并处理了各种问题，如科学仪器的作用，设施和基础设施的其他方面。 这些报告被联邦机构用来决定研究计划和设施，使这一领域的实验工作成为可能。 作为一个由联邦政府特许的非营利组织，国家科学院为国家提供科学，工程和医学方面的建议。 这些服务主要是通过科学专家小组会议提供的，这些专家自愿拿出时间和精力来分析一系列问题，并就关键决策提出建议。 联邦机构的支持使学院能够召集这些小组。 该奖项将有助于支持固态科学委员会（SSSC）的工作。在国家科学院内部，SSSC是固态科学的常设管理者。 这一科学领域对国家很重要，因为它有两个方面的作用：它支撑着计算机，超导体和激光等现代技术，并致力于解决有关我们周围世界性质的一些最引人注目的问题。 SSSC从事几种不同的活动来执行其使命：它定期举行会议，讨论该领域面临的挑战和机遇;它召集小型讲习班和研讨会，以突出或探索新的科学领域;它监督解决政府机构提出的具体问题的项目。

This award will help support the work of the Solid States Sciences Committee (SSSC). The Solid State Sciences Committee, a standing committee of the National Research Council, responds to requests from federal agencies for scientific assessments in the fields of condensed matter physics, solid-state chemistry, electronic materials, metallurgy, polymers, and the basic materials science aspects of ceramics. Ad hoc panels carry out these assessments. The results, published as NRC reports by the National Academies Press, identify areas of special scientific opportunity and treat various issues such as the role of scientific instrumentation, facilities, and other aspects of infrastructure. The reports are used by the federal agencies in making decisions about research programs and facilities that make experimental work in this field possible. As a non-profit organization chartered by the federal government, the National Academies provides advice to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. These services are rendered primarily through the meetings of groups of scientific experts who volunteer their time and energy to analyze sets of issues and make recommendations about key decisions. Support from federal agencies enables the Academies to convene these groups. This award will help support the work of the Solid States Sciences Committee (SSSC). Within the National Academies, the SSSC serves as a standing steward for solid-state science. This field of science is important to the nation because of its two-fold role: it underpins modern technology such as computers, superconductors, and lasers, and it strives to address some of the most compelling questions about the nature of the world around us. The SSSC engages in several different activities to carry out is mission: it holds regular meetings to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the field; it convenes small workshops and symposia to highlight or explore new areas of science; and it oversees projects that address specific questions raised by government agencies.