Student Travel Scholarships for the SES-IV Conference, December 11-13, 2008, San Francisco, California

第四届同步加速器环境科学会议(SES-IV)将重点关注地球生物学、低温地球化学、地球科学能源和环境健康与修复研究中的前沿科学挑战，而基于同步加速器(SR)的科学将是这些研究的关键。会议将于2008年12月11日至13日在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行，会议的一个重要目标是吸引和培训对在其研究项目中使用同步加速器技术感兴趣的研究生和博士后研究员，并为他们提供与该领域的领先科学人物互动的机会。一整天的会议？议程的一半-将专门为这些听众提供实践培训课程和入门级演讲。这笔赠款将通过为研究生和博士后参与者提供旅行奖学金来鼓励这一重要群体的参与。此外，通过为杰出的科学家、同步加速器设施工作人员和学生提供一个互动和交换信息的论坛，SES-IV将促进在碳中性能源、自然资源的保护和清理、环境健康和二氧化碳封存方面的研究发现。

The fourth conference on Synchrotron Environmental Science (SES-IV) will focus attention on frontier scientific challenges in geobiology, low-temperature geochemistry, geosciences energy, and environmental health and remediation research for which synchrotron (SR)-based science will be pivotal. The conference will also highlight new methods and facility developments in the U.S. The conference will be held during December 11-13, 2008, in San Francisco, California.A crucial objective of SES-IV is to involve and train graduate students and post doctoral fellows interested in using synchrotron techniques in their research programs and to provide them with the opportunity to interact with leading scientific figures in the field. An entire day of the conference ? half of the agenda - will be dedicated to hands-on training sessions and introductory-level talks for this audience. This grant will encourage participation by this important group by providing travel scholarships for graduate student and post doctoral participants. Further, by providing a forum for pre-eminent scientists, synchrotron facility staff, and students, to interact and exchange information, SES-IV will catalyze research discoveries in carbon-neutral energy sources, preservation and clean-up of natural resources, environmental health, and CO2 sequestration.