Kokes Awards for the 26th North American Catalysis Society Meeting

该提案寻求资助，以支持研究生和博士后参加将于2019年6月16日至20日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行的第26届北美催化学会（NACS）会议。该基金将向来自美国大学的38名学生提供注册费和住宿费援助，这些学生将通过由美国国家旅游协会赞助的以成绩为基础的科克斯旅行奖项目进行管理。学生们将在会议上展示他们的研究成果，参加催化领域领导者的讲座，并为会议组织者提供协助。两年一次的NACS会议是北美最大的催化会议。学生的参与有助于在科学和工程的这一重要方面培养年轻的研究人员，从而支持在环境污染控制、能源利用、可持续性和温室气体减排以及美国化学和石油工业的竞争力方面取得进展。科克斯奖评选委员会将确保妇女和代表性不足的群体在评奖时有适当的代表性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The proposal seeks funding to support graduate and postdoctoral student participation in the 26th meeting of the North American Catalysis Society (NACS) to be held in Chicago, Illinois June 16-20, 2019. The funds will provide registration fees and accommodation assistance to 38 students from U.S. universities as administered through the merit-based Kokes Travel Award program sponsored by the NACS. The students will present their research at the conference, attend lectures by leaders in the field of catalysis, and provide assistance to the organizers in running the meeting. The biennial NACS meetings are the largest North American meetings dedicated to catalysis. Student participation helps train young researchers in this vital aspect of science and enginering that supports advances in environmental pollution control, energy utilization, sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction, and competitiveness of the U.S. chemical and petroleum industries. The Kokes Award selection committee will ensure appropriate representation of women and underrepresented groups in making their awards.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.