Conference: Student Travel and Activities Grant: International Society for Salt Lake Research Conference, May 11 -17, 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah

该奖项支持最多13名研究生和/或博士后学员参加2008年5月11日至17日在犹他州盐湖城举行的第10届国际盐湖城研究学会（ISSLR）会议。三年一次的会议将来自世界各地的大约100-250名科学家聚集在一起，鼓励微生物学家、地质学家、地球化学家、毒理学家、湖泊学家和生态学家之间的跨学科交流。会议的主要目标是分享这些领域的进展，希望通过一个互利的论坛，将学生和高级研究人员聚集在一起，促进跨学科研究，从而提高对高盐环境的化学、地质学和生物学的理解。会议还将提供活动，促进学生网络和整体科学培训经验。ISSLR的场地为学生提供了许多与来自世界各地的科学家互动的机会（例如用餐，海报会议，会议期间的实地考察）；这些互动式会议可以促进合作，在招募和留住多样化的学生方面发挥重要作用。学生招募将通过美国湖沼学和海洋学学会的多元文化计划、美国微生物学会在线（包括少数民族事务在线通讯）、微生物杂志、以及通过美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的名单服务集中在少数民族科学家上的广告，针对代表性不足的群体。除了女性和少数族裔科学家之外，这种广泛的覆盖范围还将涵盖各个级别的科学家。此外，每个特别会议的主席也会发出呼吁，强调会议上的学生活动和奖项，并特别鼓励代表性不足的群体参与。

This award supports up to thirteen graduate students and/or postdoctoral trainees to attend The 10th International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) Conference, May 11-17,2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The triennial conference brings approximately 100-250 scientists together from around the world in an environment that encourages interdisciplinary exchanges between microbiologists, geologists, geochemists, toxicologists, limnologists and ecologists. The primary goal of the meeting is to share the advances from each of these fields with the hope of fostering interdisciplinary research that will advance understanding of the chemistry, geology and biology of hypersaline environments in a mutually beneficial forum that brings students and senior researchers together. The meeting will also provide activities that will facilitate student networking and the overall scientific training experience.The venue for ISSLR provides a number of opportunities (e.g. meals, poster sessions, mid-conference field trip) for students to interact with scientists from all over the world; these interactive meetings that foster collegiality can play an important role in recruiting and retaining a diverse pool of students. Student recruitment will target underrepresented groups by advertising via the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Multicultural Program and the American Society for Microbiology online (including the Minority Affairs online newsletter), the Microbe magazine,and distribution via the NIH list-serv focused on to minority scientists. This broad coverage will reach various levels of scientist in addition to women and minority scientists. Additionally, each chair of the special sessions will also send out a call for participation that highlights the student activities and awards at the meeting, and will specifically encourage participationby underrepresented groups.