Student Support for GEC 2011 Conference to be held at GEC on November 14-18, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

GEC（气体电子会议）是LTP（低温等离子体）科学技术与碰撞物理学（CP）相结合的领先国际会议。 该会议是首次介绍世界领先的LTP和CP研究进展的场所，从照明和激光到等离子体材料加工和等离子体医学。 受邀的演讲者代表了LTP和CP领域的世界领先科学家。 任何领域的未来都取决于吸引聪明的年轻人。 GEC有着鼓励和促进学生参与的悠久传统。 GEC有一个令人羡慕的声誉，是第一次会议，社区的许多领导成员提出了他们的第一个研究成果作为研究生。 该奖项为在美国的博士生提供部分差旅费支持，以参加会议并在会议上展示他们的工作成果。该提案的更广泛影响包括为美国年轻科学家提供参加其领域最重要会议之一的机会。 他们将有机会亲自观察该领域的科学和文化多样性，并与国际同行建立长期的职业合作关系。 GEC特别努力支持女性和代表性不足的少数民族研究生。

The GEC (Gaseous Electronics Conference) is the leading international conference in the science and technology of LTP (Low Temperature Plasmas) combined with collision physics (CP). The conference has been the venue of the first presentations on world leading developments in investigations of LTP and CP, from lighting and lasers, to plasma materials processing and plasma-medicine. The invited speakers represent the world's leading scientists in LTP and CP. The future of any field depends upon attracting bright young people. The GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging and promoting student participation. The GEC has an enviable reputation of being the first conference that many of the leading members of the community presented their first research results as graduate students. This award pays partial travel support for PhD students in the US to attend and present the results of their work at the meeting.The broader impacts of this proposal include the opportunity for young US scientists to attend one of the most important conferences in their field. They will have the opportunity to observe firsthand the scientific and cultural diversity of the field, and establish what will hopefully be career long collaborations with their international counterparts. The GEC makes a special effort to support graduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities.