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

这一奖项的支持是为了支持一个国际会议，即纳米科学与新兴技术研究学会(S.NET)的第五届年会。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、博士后研究人员和几乎没有旅行资源的年轻学者能够充分参与2013年的会议。智力价值这次会议将促进S.NET的进一步发展。所请求的支持将使新兴一代的学者能够参加会议，否则他们中的许多人可能无法出席。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。它将促进广泛的智力探索，并促进关于社会和新兴技术的各种文献的继续发展。这些奖项将在获奖者职业生涯的关键阶段促进他们的职业发展，并有助于确保一个多元化和有代表性的社会。此外，它还将使学术工作能够产生应用效益，促进科学技术进步、产品创新和商业化、可持续经济发展，从而长期改善人类的物质和物质条件。它还将为向国际受众传播美国资助的纳米技术在社会研究中的应用提供一个重要机会，并将促进了解技术发展和社会变化的跨文化方法。

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.