Workshop: Collaborative Research: Pan American Nanotechnology Conference: Shaping the Future from November 27th to 30th, 2017 at Guaruja, Sao Paulo, Brazil

该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。该项目旨在支持美国研究人员、博士后、研究生和本科生参加11月27日至30日在巴西瓜鲁贾举行的首届泛美纳米技术会议之一。在美国，旅行支助将优先分配给代表性不足的群体，即少数族裔、女性、残疾研究人员/学生以及早期职业科学家。这次会议将为了解纳米技术和纳米颗粒在生物、化学和环境系统中的行为提供一个场所，目的是在整个泛美地区开发有用和可持续的应用。在这次会议中，还将讨论可持续纳米技术应用的教育、监管、社会和经济方面的问题。这次会议将是美洲与会者中规模最大的一次，分享知识并促进合作，以推动可持续纳米技术和纳米制造的开发和应用，最终目标是解决社会挑战以及保护和改善环境和人类健康。会议将举行全体会议和同时举行的小型分组会议，介绍纳米技术领域的不同领域，包括：生物-纳米相互作用、化学-纳米相互作用、生态-纳米相互作用、可持续纳米制造、纳米信息学和建模，以及纳米材料和纳米技术的教育、社会、经济和法律方面。这次会议将是首批来自美洲的与会者之一，他们分享知识并促进合作，目的是推动可持续纳米技术的开发和应用，以提高世界各地的生活质量，同时促进环境和人类健康的保护。

This award is cofunded by the Office of International Science and Engineering. This project aims to support the participation of U.S. researchers, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students in one of the first Pan American Nanotechnology Conference to be held from November 27th to 30th at Guaruja, Brazil. Preference for allocation of travel support will be given to underrepresented groups in USA, i.e. minorities, females and researchers/students with disabilities as well as early career scientists. This conference will provide a venue for understanding nanotechnology and nanoparticles behavior in biological, chemical and environmental systems with the purpose to develop useful and sustainable applications throughout the Pan-American region. In this conference, educational, regulatory, social and economic aspects of sustainable nanotechnology applications will be also discussed. This conference will be the largest assemblage of participants from the Americas sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration to move forward the development and application of sustainable nanotechnologies and nanomanufacturing with the final aim to solve societal challenges as well as protect and improve the environment and human health. The conference will have plenary and concurrent smaller breakout sessions to introduce different areas of the nanotechnology field, including: biological-nano interactions, chemical-nano interactions, ecological-nano interactions, sustainable nanomanufacturing, nanoinformatics and modeling, as well as educational, social, economic and legal aspects of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. This conference will be one of the first assemblage of participants from the Americas sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration with the purpose of moving forward the development and application of sustainable nanotechnologies to improve quality of life worldwide while promoting protection of the environment and human health.