Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference in South Africa to Support the South African PhD Project

南非跨学科科学会议支持南非博士项目

• 批准号: 0850461
• 负责人: Vaughan Turekian
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0850461&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interdisciplinary; Scientific; Conference; South; Africa

Institution: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceTitle: Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference in South Africa to support the South African Ph.D. ProjectRef.: Vaughan C. TurekianHRD 0850461With National Science Foundation support, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will support the National Research Foundation?s (NRF) South African Ph.D. Project by serving as a key collaborator in planning an interdisciplinary science and engineering capacity building conference in South Africa for the NRF?s Ph.D. students worldwide. The conference will provide opportunities to forge relationships between South African scientists and students, their counterparts at NSF CREST institutions in the U.S. and other members of the larger science communities in the U.S. and beyond. This NSF award will enable AAAS to support the intellectual development of the conference and travel by U.S.-based scientists and students to the meeting in South Africa. AAAS will serve a key collaborator in planning the scientific conference, developing the framework for the meeting, and through an advisory role, helping to build long term capacity to organize and conduct such meeting ? conveying best practices in the organization and execution of an interdisciplinary scientific conference and providing adaptable templates for conference materials.Intellectual MeritThe proposed conference will provide significant educational and professional development experiences for the participating students from South Africa and the United States while providing in-person contact between U.S. and South African scientists that could facilitate future scientific collaborations among and between the participating scientists.Broader ImpactsThe proposed conference should significantly enhance the educational and professional development of the participating U.S. and South African students as well as facilitate the development of both institutional and faculty research collaborations between the participating U.S. and South African institutions and scientists.

机构：美国科学促进会标题：南非跨学科科学会议支持南非博士项目在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，美国科学促进会（AAAS）将支持美国国家研究基金会。作为计划在南非为NRF举办一个跨学科的科学和工程能力建设会议的主要合作者？世界各地的博士研究生。这次会议将为南非科学家和学生、他们在美国国家科学基金会CREST机构的同行以及美国和其他更大的科学界的其他成员之间建立关系提供机会。美国国家科学基金会的这项奖励将使美国科学促进会能够支持会议的智力发展，并支持美国科学家和学生前往南非参加会议。美国科学促进会将在规划科学会议、制定会议框架方面发挥重要的合作作用，并通过咨询作用，帮助建立组织和举办此类会议的长期能力。传达组织和执行跨学科科学会议的最佳实践，并为会议材料提供适应性模板。本次会议将为来自南非和美国的与会学生提供重要的教育和专业发展经验，同时提供美国和南非科学家之间的面对面接触，这可能促进与会科学家之间的未来科学合作。更广泛的影响提议的会议应显著加强参与的美国和南非学生的教育和专业发展，并促进参与的美国和南非机构和科学家之间的机构和教师研究合作的发展。