Student Participation in the 2019 NanoFlorida International Conference: ?Advances in Translational Nanotechnology"

该提案要求提供资金，以支持整个佛罗里达州和美国的本科生和研究生以及学员的注册和/或旅行，以便他们能够参加即将举行的2019年纳米佛罗里达国际会议。南佛罗里达大学的药学研究生课程学院将主办这次会议，旨在为改善纳米技术在各个领域的应用提供新的挑战和机遇，包括医学，制药，农业，能源和环境部门。纳米佛罗里达会议是一个独特的事件，具有学生研究人员在佛罗里达州内分享他们在纳米技术方面的发现的悠久而成功的传统。它包括所有12所州立大学，包括佛罗里达A M（一所少数族裔机构）和白求恩库克曼大学，这两所大学都是历史上的黑人大学，以及佛罗里达州立大学系统中女性入学率为60%的学校。第一次，纳米佛罗里达会议，传统上仅限于佛罗里达，已扩大到包括来自美国和来自世界各地的学生，从而更名为纳米佛罗里达国际会议。会议将包括研讨会，讨论纳米材料和生物传感设备的进展，以及它们在能源，医学和农业科学中的应用;并为学生提供新的机会，与学术机构和更广泛的纳米技术行业的研究人员建立联系。NSF资助将报销多达200名学生的注册费和/或差旅费，使更多的学生能够参与。这反过来又增加了这些新的专业发展活动对学生的有益影响。会议将1）为纳米和纳米生物技术领域的研究人员创造一个科学交流的论坛，并帮助确定纳米科学和纳米技术前沿的新挑战; 2）促进和促进合作研究的关系和网络机会内的纳米科学界在佛罗里达，在美国各地，和全球; 3）促进和鼓励来自不同佛罗里达大学和研究所以及国内外的学者之间的合作研究工作; 4）在纳米科学和纳米工程技术领域建立强有力的产学合作伙伴关系，以促进佛罗里达及其他地区的市场驱动的研究和创新; 5）鼓励和展示本科生和研究生的贡献，学生和博士后培训生通过创建一个学生-这是一个友好的活动，他们可以在同行中展示他们的研究，从而确保新一代的纳米生物科学家。因此，会议将有一个主要的学生组成部分，重点是参与，加强领导和成功。学生将会见来自其他学校和行业的研究人员，这些专业关系将为学生在STEM领域的职业生涯提供长期利益。NanoFlorida会议是一种教育体验，向学生展示最新的纳米生物技术研究及其应用。学习纳米生物技术，发展沟通技巧，并与学术界和工业界的研究人员建立联系是学生毕业后加入纳米技术劳动力的重要步骤。会后调查和发表的演讲者研究将作为衡量本次会议成功与否的标准。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为值得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的支持。

This proposal requests funding to support the registration and/or travel of undergraduate and graduate students and trainees across the State of Florida and the United States, so that they can attend the upcoming 2019 NanoFlorida International Conference. The College of Pharmacy Graduate Programs at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL will host the conference with an aim to provide new perspectives on challenges and opportunities for improving nanotechnology applications in various sectors including medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, energy and environment sectors. The NanoFlorida Conference is a unique event with a long, successful tradition of student researchers sharing their discoveries in nanotechnology within the State of Florida. It includes all 12 State Universities including Florida A&M (a minority institution) and Bethune Cookman University, both historically black universities, and schools in the Florida State University System that have an enrollment of 60% women. For the first time, the NanoFlorida Conference, traditionally restricted to Florida, has been extended to include students from the USA and from around the world and thus renamed as the NanoFlorida International Conference. The conference will include symposia addressing advances on nanomaterials and devices for biosensing, and their applications in energy, medicine, and agricultural sciences; and provide new opportunities for students to network with researchers from academic institutions and the broader nanotechnology industry. NSF funding will reimburse the registration fees and/or travel of up to two hundred students, enabling more students to participate. This in turn increases the beneficial impact of these new professional development activities for students.The conference will 1) create a forum for researchers in fields of nano- and nanobio- technologies for scientific exchange and to help identify emerging challenges at the frontiers of nanoscience and nanotechnology; 2) promote and foster collaborative research ties and networking opportunities within the nanoscience communities in Florida, across the US, and globally; 3) foster and encourage collaborative research efforts between academicians from different Florida universities and institutes and beyond nationally and internationally; 4) forge strong industry-academia partnerships in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering technology to promote market driven research and innovation in Florida and beyond; and 5) encourage and showcase the contributions of undergraduate and graduate, students and postdoctoral trainees by creating a student-friendly event where they can present their research among their peers thereby ensuring a new generation of nano-bio scientists. Thus, the conference will have a dominant student component with an emphasis on participation, enhancement of leadership and success. Students will meet researchers from other schools and from industry, and these professional relationships will provide long-term benefits to students' careers in STEM fields. NanoFlorida conferences are an educational experience that reveals to students the latest nanobiotechnology research and its applications. Learning about nanobiotechnology, developing communication skills, and networking with researchers from academia and industry are important steps that prepare students to join the nanotechnological workforce upon their graduation. Post-conference surveys and the publication of presenter research will serve as a measure of the success of this conference.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.