Partial Support for the Eighth International Conference on Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering (QENS 2006); Bloomington, IN; June 14-17, 2006

该奖项由印第安纳大学化学系、材料研究系以及数学和物理科学系颁发。该奖项为将于2006年6月14-17日在印第安纳州布卢明顿举行的第八届准弹性中子散射国际会议（QENS2006）提供了部分支持。会议由印第安纳大学回旋加速器设施的低能中子散射（LENS）小组组织。QENS2006会议将涵盖准弹性中子散射的各个方面，从物理学到生物学，以及应用、仪器、理论和补充技术。会议包括邀请和贡献的主要美国和国际科学家在非弹性中子散射。它将有助于扩大国家主要中子设施在散裂中子源和NIST高分辨率中子散射中心的用户群体。来自国家科学基金会的资金将用于支持学生和博士后的有限数量的旅行补助金。这些资金将有助于扩大代表性不足的少数群体参与中子科学。在国家黑人物理学家协会和西班牙裔物理学家协会等少数民族物理学协会的QENS2006研讨会网站上，通过与这些协会的联系，正在宣传提供旅行支助的情况。

This award to Indiana University is from the Chemistry Division and the Division of materials Research and in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences. The award provides partial support for the Eighth International Conference on Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering (QENS2006) to be held in Bloomington, Indiana, in June 14-17, 2006. The conference is organized by the Low Energy Neutron Scattering (LENS) group at Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. The QENS2006 conference will cover all aspects of quasi-elastic neutron scattering in fields ranging from physics to biology, as well as applications, instrumentation, theory and complementary techniques. The conference includes invited and contributed talks by lead US and international scientists in inelastic neutron scattering. It will contribute to grow the user community of the nations premier neutron facilities at the Spallation Neutron Source and at Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering at NIST. The funds from the National Science foundation will be used for supporting limited number of travel grants to students and postdocs. The funds will contribute towards broadening participation of underrepresented minority groups in neutron science. Availability of travel support is being advertised on the QENS2006 workshop website at and through contacts with minority physics societies such as the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists.