AfroBiotech Conference; October 27-29, 2019; Atlanta, GA

该奖项的目的是为将参加将于2019年10月27日至29日举行的第一届非洲生物技术会议的美国学生，博士后助理和年轻专业人士提供部分支持。首届非洲生物技术会议的地点是亚特兰大，新兴的格鲁吉亚生物技术走廊的所在地。会议将重点关注非洲裔美国科学家和工程师在生物技术方面的发现、创新和成就。 它将突出这个代表性不足的群体对解决当前问题的贡献，并展示多元化工程社区的力量。通过在一次活动中组织来自美国各地的非洲裔美国科学人才，会议将使不同的专业人士能够选择正确的职业道路，激励其他科学会议的组织者邀请不同的演讲者，并激励下一代不同的学生和学者加入这个社区。会议将为新一代多样化的生物技术专业人士提供一个场所。它将包括来自领先的生物学，化学，数学和工程研究人员的不同群体的科学演讲，并突出非洲裔美国人在生物技术方面的成就。它将鼓励博士的积极参与和联网。学生和博士后研究人员，他们代表了生物技术的未来，并将鼓励在众多领域工作的专业人员之间的跨学科对话。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The purpose of this award is to provide partial support for US-based students, postdoctoral associates and young professionals who will attend the first AfroBiotech conference which will be held October 27-29, 2019. The venue for the inaugural AfroBiotech conference is Atlanta, home of the emerging Georgia biotech corridor. The conference will focus on discoveries, innovations, and achievements from African-American scientists and engineers in biotechnology. It will highlight the contributions of this underrepresented group to solving current problems and demonstrate the power of a diverse engineering community. By organizing African-American scientific talent from across the U.S. at a single event, the conference will to enable diverse professionals to choose the right career paths, inspire organizers of other scientific conferences to invite diverse speakers, and inspire the next generation of diverse students and scholars to join this community. The conference will provide a venue for a new generation of diverse biotechnology professionals. It will include scientific presentations from a diverse group of leading biology, chemistry, mathematics and engineering researchers and highlight achievements of African Americans in biotechnology. It will encourage active participation and networking of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, who represent the future of biotechnology and will encourage interdisciplinary dialogue among professionals working in numerous fields.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.