Travel: Kokes Awards for the 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting

旅行：第 28 届北美催化学会会议 Kokes 奖

• 批准号: 2317071
• 负责人: Nathaniel Deskins
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2317071&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Kokes; Awards; 28th; North

The project provides travel assistance for approximately 54 graduate students from U.S. universities to attend the 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM28) in Providence, Rhode Island, June 18-23, 2023. 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. Graduate student attendance is critical for providing opportunities for the students to present their own research while learning of recent advances in the field and new directions in catalysis research enabling critical technologies related to renewable and sustainable energy for chemical manufacturing, alternative fuels, and environmental remediation. The meeting will also provide networking and collaboration opportunities for the graduate students as they plan their post-graduate careers. Financial assistance to graduate students will be through the Kokes Travel Award program. NSF funding covers the registration fee and hotel costs – together totaling $933 per student for the 5 conference days. A total of 54 students have been identified to receive NSF travel assistance from a total of 145 awardees (based on expected funding from the North American Catalysis Society and other government funding sources in addition to NSF) and a cumulative award budget of $145,000. The awardees are selected based on a rigorous review process from 288 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 are expected to attend the entire conference and provide service to the conference through assisting in the organization of the meeting as appropriate. In addition to scientific learning, NAM28 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.

该项目为来自美国大学的约54名研究生提供旅行援助，以参加2023年6月18日至23日在罗得岛普罗维登斯举行的第28届北美催化学会会议（NAM 28）。 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。 研究生的出勤率是至关重要的，为学生提供机会，介绍自己的研究，同时学习该领域的最新进展和催化研究的新方向，使关键技术相关的可再生和可持续能源的化学制造，替代燃料和环境整治。 会议还将为研究生提供网络和合作的机会，因为他们计划他们的研究生职业生涯。 对研究生的财政援助将通过科克斯旅游奖计划。 NSF资助包括注册费和酒店费用-总共为5个会议日每位学生933美元。 共有54名学生已被确定接受NSF旅行援助，共有145名获奖者（基于北美催化学会和其他政府资金来源的预期资金，以及NSF）和累计奖励预算为145，000美元。获奖者是根据严格的审查程序从288份学生申请中选出的，主要基于优点，但也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的适当代表性，包括少数族裔和女性、首次参加NAM会议的人、初级教师的学生以及地理分布。 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。获奖者将出席整个会议，并通过协助组织会议为会议提供服务。 除了科学学习，NAM 28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，被认为值得支持。