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

该提案支持研究生、博士后和年轻教师参加将在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。鉴于有机电子领域的现状，本次研讨会是及时的，并将极大的兴趣generalmaterials社区。具体来说，我们设想一个高影响力，跨学科，和综合性的研讨会上有机共轭材料-有机电子的电活性成分-重点是化学，物理，加工-结构-性能的关系，以及器件制造和表征的有机分子材料和聚合物。九个半天的口头会议和两个晚上的海报会议正在计划中; 25位发言者已经接受了我们的邀请，在研讨会上发言。我们预计将收到250份摘要，并打算从这些摘要中选择大约60份口头和130份海报。 来自美国国家科学基金会的资金将允许我们提供10个旅行奖，每个500美元，以支持研究生和年轻的教师前往研讨会。第一次参加全国会议的研究生优先。四个旅行奖将专门留给年轻的教师谁将在研讨会上做口头报告。

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.