Student Travel to the 2018 Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society: Champaign, IL - June 9-14, 2018

该奖项将支持来自美国大学的15名学生参加2018年6月8日至6月14日在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校举行的第55届粘土矿物学会年会。旅行补助金将面向将从参加这次会议中受益的研究生，包括粘土矿物的医学应用研讨会和实地考察。首次参加会议的学生和来自代表人数不足的群体的学生(女性、少数族裔和残疾学生)将被优先考虑。粘土矿物学会年度会议是粘土科学的主要国际会议，每年举行。这次会议将吸引来自许多不同科学学科的与会者，从农业到材料科学和工程，以及来自许多不同的国家。该计划通常包括一个研讨会和为期四天的技术会议。每一次技术会议以颁奖演讲开始，随后将举行专题会议，内容涉及广泛的粘土科学：粘土矿物学、结晶学、岩石学、材料科学、纳米科学、医学和医用粘土、环境工程、土壤科学、生物地球化学、工业技术、同位素地球化学、宇宙地球化学、高级光谱学和教育。对于研究生来说，这是一个独特的机会，可以参与并与国际同行和领先的研究人员互动。在技术会议期间和之后的互动将进一步加强粘土科学的研究和教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support 15 students from universities in the United States to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during June 8th-June 14th, 2018. The travel grants will target graduate students who will benefit from attending this conference, including the workshop on Medicinal Applications of Clay Minerals and field trips. Priority will be given to first-time attendees, and students from under-represented groups (female, minorities and students with disabilities).The annual Clay Mineral Society conference is a premier international conference in clay science, held annually. The conference will attract participants from many different scientific disciplines, from agriculture to materials science and engineering, and from many different countries. The program generally consists of a workshop and four-day technical sessions. Each technical session starts with an Award Lecture that will be followed by thematic sessions, which cover a broad range of clay sciences: clay mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, material science, nanoscience, medical and medicinal clay, environmental engineering, soil science, biogeochemistry, industrial technology, isotope geochemistry, cosmogeochemistry, advanced spectroscopies, and education. It is a unique opportunity for graduate students to participate and interact with international colleagues and leading researchers. The interaction during and post technical sessions will further enhance the research and education in clay sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.