Travel Support for Students, Post-Docs, and Young Faculty to Attend the "Organic Conjugated Materials" Symposium; 2006 Spring MRS Meeting; April 17-21, 2006; San Francisco, CA

本提案支持研究生、博士后和青年教师参加在2006年春季材料研究学会会议上举行的“有机共轭材料”研讨会的旅行奖励。鉴于目前有机电子学领域的现状，这次研讨会是及时的，并且将引起一般材料界的极大兴趣。具体来说，我们设想了一个高影响力、跨学科、全面的有机共轭材料研讨会——有机电子的电活性成分——重点是化学、物理、加工-结构-性质关系，以及有机分子材料和聚合物的器件制造和表征。正在计划举行9次半天的口头会议和2次晚间海报会议；25位发言人已经接受了我们在研讨会上发言的邀请。我们预计将收到250篇论文摘要，并打算从这些摘要中选择大约60篇口头报告和130篇海报报告。美国国家科学基金会的资助将允许我们提供10个旅行奖励，每个500美元，以支持研究生和年轻教师前往研讨会。第一次参加全国会议的研究生将优先考虑。四个旅行奖将专门为在研讨会上做口头报告的年轻教师保留。

This proposal supports travel awards for graduate students, post-docs, and young facultyto attend the "Organic Conjugated Materials" Symposium to be held at the 2006 SpringMaterials Research Society Meeting. Given the current status of the field of organicelectronics, this symposium is timely, and will be of great interest to the generalmaterials community. Specifically, we envision a high-impact, cross-discipline, andcomprehensive symposium on organic conjugated materials -- the electrically-activecomponent of organic electronics -- with emphasis on the chemistry, physics, theprocessing-structure-property relationships, as well as device fabrication andcharacterization of organic molecular materials and polymers. Nine half-day oral sessionsand two evening poster sessions are being planned; 25 speakers have already accepted ourinvitation to speak at the symposium. We expect to receive 250 abstracts in response tothe call-for-papers, and intend to select approximately 60 oral and 130 posterpresentations from these abstracts. Funding from the NSF will allow us to provide ten travel awards at $500 each to supportgraduate student and young faculty travel to the symposium. Priority will be given tograduate students who are attending their first national meeting. Four travel awards willbe reserved specifically for young faculty who will be giving oral presentations at thesymposium.