Conference: Kokes Awards for the 20th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, June 5-10, 2011

学术价值：NACS会议是在国际催化大会之外的催化社区享有盛名的会议。NACS会议每两年举行一次，由每个美国地方催化学会轮流组织。第20届NACS会议正在密歇根州底特律举行。会议主题通常涵盖催化的许多方面，包括口头和海报演示。与会者可以沉浸在催化的各个领域，无论他们目前在该领域工作，还是希望了解完全不同领域的催化工作。一些参与者来自美国以外，因此可以与全球催化界进行初步接触。密歇根大学的Suljo Linic教授是Kokes奖委员会的主席，该委员会寻求资金来部分抵消研究生参加NACS会议的费用。研究生学员的支持是一个很好的方式，让他们开始了解催化领域工作的多样性。更广泛的影响：整个会议是对现场工作人员的一次教育活动。这一奖项将使100多名研究生能够部分支持参加会议。许多人将发布海报，甚至进行口头演示。将与催化领域的现有同事和新同事进行充分的接触。所介绍的工作是学术、工业和国家实验室的当前研究。资助研究生入学一直是CBET/ENG在NSF的催化与生物催化项目的一项常规和适当的投资。

Intellectual Merit: The NACS meeting is the prestigious meeting for the catalysis community outside of the International Congress on Catalysis. The NACS meeting is held each 2 years and is organized in turn by each of the Local US Catalysis Societies. The 20th NACS meeting is being held in Detroit, MI. The meeting topics typically cover many aspects of catalysis utilizing both oral and poster presentations. Attendees can be immersed in various areas of catalysis, whether they are currently working in the area or wish to gain an understanding of catalysis work in a completely different arena. Some participants come from outside the US, thereby allowing initial contact with the global catalysis community. Prof. Suljo Linic from the University of Michigan is the chairman of the Kokes Award Committee which seeks funds to partially offset the costs for graduate students to participate in the NACS meeting. The support of graduate student attendees is an excellent way to allow them to begin the understanding of the diversity of work in the catalysis field. Broader Impacts: The entire meeting is an educational event for those workers in the field. This award would enable partial support of more than 100 graduate students to attend the meeting. Many will be giving poster or even oral presentations. There will be ample contact with existing and new colleagues in catalysis. The work presented is current research at academic, industrial and national laboratories. The support of graduate student attendance has been a customary and well-placed investment from the Catalysis & Biocatalysis Program of CBET/ENG in NSF.