WORKSHOP: Young scholar support for the 2013 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET), October 27-30, 2013, Boston

该奖项的支持是为了支持一个国际会议，即纳米科学和新兴技术研究学会（S.NET）第五届年会。会议将于2013年10月27日至30日在波士顿东北大学举行。正在寻求的资金将使学生，博士后研究人员和年轻学者能够充分参与2013年的会议。学术价值会议将有助于促进S.NET的进一步发展。所要求的支助将使新一代学者能够参加会议，否则他们中的许多人可能无法参加会议。这是值得努力的，以鼓励致力于预测新兴技术的社会和伦理影响的研究人员社区的增长。它将促进广泛的知识探索，并有助于继续发展关于社会和新兴技术的各种文献。 更广泛的影响该奖项将促进获奖者在职业生涯的关键阶段的专业发展，并有助于确保一个多元化和具有代表性的社会。此外，它还将使学术工作能够为促进科学和技术、产品创新和商业化、可持续经济发展以及人类的长期物质和物质改善带来应用效益。它还将为向国际受众传播美国资助的社会研究纳米技术提供重要机会，并将促进跨文化方法来理解技术发展和社会变革。

IntroductionThis award support is to provide support for an international conference, the fifth annual meeting of the Society for Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET). The conference will be held October 27-30, 2013, at Northeastern University in Boston. The funds being sought will enable students, postdoctoral researchers, and young scholars with few travel resources to fully participate in the 2013 meeting.Intellectual MeritThe conference will serve to facilitate further development of the S.NET. The requested support will enable participation in the conference by the rising generation of scholars, many of which may otherwise be unable to attend. This is worthwhile effort to encourage growth of the community of researchers devoted to anticipating the societal and ethical impacts of emerging technologies. It will promote broad ranging intellectual inquiry and contribute to the continued development of diverse bodies of literature on society and emerging technologies. and willBroader ImpactsThe awards will promote the professional development of the recipients at a crucial stage in their careers, and it will help to ensure a diverse and representative society. In addition, it will enable scholarly work with applied benefits for the advancement of science and technology, product innovation and commercialization, sustainable economic development, and, as a consequence, the long-term material and physical betterment of humankind. It will also provide an important opportunity for the dissemination of US-funded nanotechnology in society research to international audiences, and will further the cross-cultural approaches to understanding technology development and social change.