Travel Grants for Graduate Students to American Physical Society

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PROPOSAL NUMBER: 0828200INSTITUTION: Duke UniversityNSF PROGRAM: PHY ? ELEMENTARY PARTICLE ACCEL USERPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Goshaw, Alfred T.TITLE: Travel Grants for Graduate Students to American Physical SocietyThis is a proposal for the support of the travel of students to the APS meeting being held on April 12-15, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri. At the April 2008 APS meeting, students will be able to sample physics represented by the divisions of Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Particles and Fields, Physics of Beams, Plasma Physics, Computational Physics. In addition they will be able to partake in the activities in the Forums on Education, Physics and Society, International Affairs, the History of Physics and Graduate Student Affairs, as well as those of numerous topical groups. A Committee appointed by the APS Division of Particle and Fields Chair, Natalie Roe, will make the selection of the students receiving travel support. The DPF Secretary-Treasurer Alfred Goshaw will administer the grant through Duke University. It will provide support to students that would otherwise be unable to attend and participate in the stimulating atmosphere of an American Physical Society meeting.