Travel Support for Euromembrane 2009, to be held in Montpellier, France September 6-10, 2009

0852751申请NobleTravel资金，以部分支持美国参加2009年9月6日至10日在法国蒙彼利埃举行的Euromembrane会议。 EUROMEMBRANE 2009由欧洲膜研究所IEM（http：//www.example.com）与国家化学研究生院（ENSCM）和蒙彼利埃第二大学（UM 2）合作组织。www.iemm.univ-montp2.fr会议的目的是将研究人员和从业人员聚集在一起，通过口头和海报介绍以及正式和非正式讨论，讨论聚合物，混合和无机膜领域的最新发展。预计2009年欧洲膜展将有500多名与会者参加。前几届会议的与会者约60%来自欧洲，15%来自美国和亚洲，约10%来自其他国家。预计将有35-40名美国学术研究人员参加EUROMEMBRANE 2009。参加会议的总费用估计为每名美国与会者2600 - 3000美元。NSF的资金将用于支持大约25%的学生旅行费用和10%的教师旅行费用。将优先考虑学者，让演示和学生，让海报或口头报告。教师和学生的支持将产生广泛的影响，因为它将提高美国大学的国际知名度，展示美国学生研究的高水平，并有助于吸引即将到来的年轻一代专业人士进入快速发展的膜科学和技术领域。

0852751NobleTravel funds are requested to partially support the US participation in the Euromembrane Conference September 6-10, 2009, in Montpellier France. EUROMEMBRANE 2009 is organized by the European Membrane Institute IEM, (http://www.iemm.univ-montp2.fr) in cooperation with the National Graduate School of Chemistry (ENSCM) and the University Montpellier 2 (UM2). The objective of the conference is to bring together research and practitioners to discuss the most recent developments in the field of polymer, hybrid and inorganic membranes through oral and poster presentations, and formal and informal discussions. EUROMEMBRANE 2009 is expected to gather more than 500 participants. Previous sessions had participants which were approximately 60% from Europe, 15% from the US and Asia, and approximately 10% from other countries. Approximately 35-40 US academic researchers are expected for EUROMEMBRANE 2009. The total expenses for attending the conference are estimated at $2600 - $3000 per US participant. The NSF funds will be used to support roughly 25% of the total student travel costs and 10% of the travel costs for the faculty. Preference will be given to academics that give presentations and students that give a poster or oral presentations. Faculty and student support will have broad impacts as it will increase the international visibility of U.S. Universities, demonstrate the high level of student research in the U.S., and help to attract an upcoming young generation of professionals to the rapidly growing areas of membrane science and technology.