Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Independent Scholars

科学史、哲学和社会科学领域的这笔科学和社会补助金支持更新资金，以允许科学历史学会(HSS)、技术历史学会(Sort)、科学哲学协会(PSA)和科学社会研究学会(4S)在2006-2010年的五年期间，向几乎或根本没有资金的研究生、独立学者和初级学者提供旅费奖励，以参加学会的专业会议。资助这项建议不仅将提高科学研究的知识含量和深度，还将扩大该领域的影响。智力上的好处可以通过调查每个学会在过去十年里的会议来衡量，在过去的十年里，NSF的资金一直被用来帮助旅行。研究生和独立学者在这些项目中的代表性很大，代表了一代被录用到该专业的学者。学术收益至少流向两个方向：随着这些学者的参与，社会会议变得更加丰富和多样化，正如他们所证明的那样，这些学者的研究和职业生涯都得益于这种参与。这样的职业化是至关重要的，因为这些年轻的学者将在主要的研究型大学以及文理学院、社区学院和其他学校任教多年。他们教学的影响将不仅仅局限于美国。NSF的旅行补助金一直是促进国际交流的主要渠道，允许学者在分享他们的研究成果时出国旅行。这不仅可以产生广泛的影响，还可以提高会议的知识质量，允许对科学的不同观点和解释。随着来自国外的竞争日益激烈，HSS、Shot、PSA和4S及其主要是美国成员能够分享关于科学及其对社会的影响的想法和问题是很重要的。

This Science and Society Grant in the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science supports renewal funds to permit the History of Science Society (HSS), the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to provide travel awards to graduate students, independent scholars, and junior scholars with little or no access to funding to attend the professional meetings of the societies during the five-year period 2006-2010. Funding of this proposal will not only enhance the intellectual content and depth of science studies, it will also broaden the impact of the field. The intellectual benefits can be measured by surveying the conferences of each society over the past ten years, years in which NSF monies have been used to assist travel. Representation amonggraduate students and independent scholars in the programs has been significant, representing a generation of scholars who have been inducted into the profession. The intellectual benefits have flowed in at least two directions: society conferences have been richer and more diverse with participation by these scholars, and these scholars' research and careers, as they have testified, have been helped by this participation. Suchprofessionalization is crucial since these younger scholars will be teaching at the major research universities, as well as liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and other schools, for many years to come. The impact of their teaching will not be limited to the United States. The NSF travel grants have been a major orce in facilitating international exchange, allowing scholars to travel overseas as they share their research. This not only allows for broad impact, it also enhances the intellectual quality of the meetings, allowing diverse viewpoints and interpretations of science. With increasing competition from abroad, it is important that HSS, SHOT, PSA, and 4S, and their largely US membership be able to share ideas and questions about science and its influence on society.