Eight Societies Travel Grants for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, & Recent PhDs

项目概述这项提案要求获得资金，以使八个科学技术的历史、哲学和社会研究专业学会在2014至2016年间向研究生、独立学者和初级学者提供旅费补助。这些补助金将使这些学者能够参加其中一些与他们的专业发展有关的专业会议。他们的参与将有助于传播他们的研究成果，并提供参与专业网络的机会。智力价值这种专业化在几个方面至关重要。年轻学者将在主要的研究型大学、文理学院和社区大学任教；他们还将参与博物馆展品的策展，在研究机构工作，监督图书馆藏品，并帮助政府项目。独立学者需要与他们的专业学会保持联系，以促进智力和实践的刺激，因为他们继续在博物馆、研究机构、图书馆和政府机构工作。最后，最近的博士面临部门旅行资金的严重削减；旅行补助金将有助于保持他们的职业轨迹。帮助这些群体有助于加强STEM劳动力，而STEM劳动力反过来又通过提高科学素养和加强科学进程来推进NSF的核心使命。更广泛的影响这笔赠款所需的合作将有助于维持代表不同领域的八个社会的关系。它还促进了国际互动，使学者能够在海外旅行，分享他们的研究和发展网络。这种交流提高了会议的知识质量，同时促进了对科学的不同观点和解释。随着美国大学入学人数在世界上的份额不断减少，这八个学会就科学及其对社会的影响分享想法和问题变得更加重要。这八个学会都是国际会员，其大部分成员在美国。

Project OverviewThis proposal requests funds to enable eight professional societies in history, philosophy, and social studies of science and technology to provide travel grants to graduate students, independent scholars, and junior scholars between 2014 and 2016. The grants would enable these scholars to participate in some of these professional meetings, those that are pertinent to their professional development. Their participation would facilitate the dissemination of their research results and provide opportunities to engage in professional networking.Intellectual MeritSuch professionalization is crucial on several fronts. Younger scholars will be teaching at major research universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges; they are also engaged in curating museum exhibits, working at research institutes, overseeing library collections, and helping with government programs. Independent scholars need to maintain contact with their professional societies to promote intellectual and practical stimulation as they continue to work in museums, research institutes, libraries, and government agencies. Finally, recent PhDs face severe cuts in departmental travel funds; travel grants will facilitate the maintenance of their career trajectories. Assisting these groups serves to enhance the STEM workforce, which in turn serves to advance NSF's core mission by improving science literacy and by enhancing the scientific process. Broader ImpactsThe cooperation that this grant will require will serve to maintain relationships across the eight societies, which represent divergent fields. It also facilitates international interactions enabling scholars to travel overseas as they share their research and develop networks. This exchange enhances the intellectual quality of the meetings, while fostering diverse viewpoints and interpretations of science. As the US sees its share of college enrollees in the world dwindle, it is all the more important that these eight societies, all of them with an international membership with the lion's share of its members in the US, share ideas and questions about science and its influence on society.