Kokes Awards for the 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting

该项目为来自美国大学的约40名研究生提供旅行援助，以参加2022年5月22日至27日在纽约州纽约市举行的第27届北美催化学会会议（NAM27）。 长期以来，催化一直是一种关键的工业和环境技术，用于促进原材料向燃料和化学产品的有效和有针对性的转化，同时也用于修复废物和污染物。 不结盟运动会议是美国在催化、表面科学和催化反应工程领域的首要会议。 会议汇集了学术，工业和政府实验室研究人员，通过口头和海报演示，以及全体会议，小组讨论和专题研讨会，解决催化领域的关键挑战，分享最新的技术进展。 特别是对于NAM27，学生将受益于一系列关于催化科学关键方面的研讨会，在技术内容的第一天之前，由一组杰出的研究人员介绍催化的最佳实践。 会议将首次单独讨论催化剂制造，旨在汇集学术界和工业界的努力。研究生的财政援助将通过Kokes旅行奖计划提供。 NSF的资助涵盖了来自美国机构的约43名学生的（早期）注册费（495美元）和五天的酒店费用（650美元，双人入住），来自ARO，DOE和北美催化学会（除NSF外）的预期资助，总预算超过150，000美元。获奖者是根据严格的审查程序从估计230名学生申请中选出的，主要是基于优点，但考虑到基于需求的标准，这将使科克斯奖委员会能够确保代表性不足的群体，包括少数民族和妇女，第一次参加不结盟运动会议，初级教师的学生和地理分布的适当代表性。 基于成绩的标准包括：1）同行评审的学生提交的演讲摘要的评价，2）学生顾问的推荐信，以及3）学生的简历。获奖者参加整个会议，并通过帮助组织和举办会议为会议提供服务。 除了科学学习，NAM27将为学生与会者提供网络，社交互动和非正式讨论的机会。该会议对于来自美国大学的研究生来说是一个非常有益的职业发展工具，他们将成为未来美国化学品、燃料和环境可持续性行业的支柱。该奖项反映了NSF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而被认为值得支持。

The project provides travel assistance for approximately 40 graduate students from U.S. universities to attend the 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM27) in New York City, NY, May 22-27, 2022. Catalysis has long served as a critical industrial and environmental technology for facilitating the efficient and targeted conversion of raw materials to fuels and chemical products, while also remediating waste products and pollutants. The NAM meetings are the premier U.S. conference in the areas of catalysis, surface science and catalytic reaction engineering. The meetings bring together academic, industrial, and government laboratory researchers to share the latest technical advances through oral and poster presentations, as well as plenary talks, panel discussions, and topical workshops addressing key challenges in the field of catalysis. Specifically for NAM27, students will benefit from a series of workshops on key aspects of catalysis science prior to the first day of technical content, to be presented by a panel of prominent researchers on best practices in catalysis. For the first time, the meeting will have a separate session on Catalyst Manufacturing that aims to bring together efforts from both academia and industry.Financial assistance to graduate students will be through the Kokes Travel Award program. NSF funding covers the (early) registration fee ($495) and hotel costs for five days ($650, double occupancy) for about 43 students from US institutions from a total of 120 awardees based on expected funding from ARO, DOE, and the North American Catalysis Society (in addition to NSF) for a total budget of over $150,000. The awardees are selected based on a rigorous review process from an estimated 230 student applications based primarily on merit, but with consideration of need-based criteria that will enable the Kokes Awards committee to ensure appropriate representation from underrepresented groups, including minorities and women, first-time attendees to the NAM meeting, students of junior faculty, and geographical distribution. Merit-based criteria include 1) peer-reviewed evaluation of the student's submitted presentation abstract, 2) a letter of recommendation from the student's adviser, and 3) the student's CV. The awardees attend the entire conference and provide service to the conference by helping to organize and conduct the meeting. In addition to scientific learning, NAM27 will provide student attendees opportunities for networking, social interaction and informal discussions. The meeting is particularly beneficial as a career development tool for graduate students from U.S. institutions, who will form the backbone of the future U.S. chemicals, fuels, and environmental sustainability industries.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.