Support of Student Travel to Attend the Joint Meetings of The Clay Minerals Society and the Asian Clay Conference

一年一度的粘土矿物学会（CMS）会议是粘土科学领域的主要国际会议，每年举行一次。在2024年，这个与亚洲粘土社区的联合会议将吸引研究世界上一种细粒岩石或土壤的科学家，其应用范围从农业到医学和工程。年度会议将通过研究人员和教育工作者之间的互动，促进粘土科学的发展，造福环境、工业和社会，从而培养社会的愿景，通过粘土科学的变革力量改善我们的生活。会议的技术项目每天以社会奖获得者关于粘土科学的研究、教育和推广活动的演讲开始，随后的演讲涵盖了广泛的粘土科学，涉及其在消费品、环境修复、自然科学、医学、空间探索以及化妆品、食品和工业产品中的应用。这是一个独特的机会，让学生参与并与国际同事和领先的研究人员和教师互动。技术会议期间和之后的互动将进一步加强粘土科学的研究和教育。由美国国家科学基金会资助的学生旅行奖将支持大约10名美国学生参加于2024年6月3日至7日在夏威夷大学马诺阿分校举行的粘土矿物协会和亚洲粘土联合会议。还包括大约10名当地学生的学生注册费支持，他们也将帮助会议的运作。学生旅行补助金将针对参加本次会议将受益的学生，包括注册费和实地考察。将优先考虑第一次参加者和来自地球科学代表性不足群体的学生。该奖项由地球科学部的地球生物学和低温地球化学项目以及沉积地质学和古生物学项目共同资助。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 annual Clay Mineral Society (CMS) conference is a leading international conference in clay science, held annually. In 2024, this joint conference with Asian Clay communities will attract scientists who study a type of fine-grained rock or soil in the world, with applications from agriculture to medical science and engineering. The annual meeting will advance clay science for the benefit of the environment, industry, and society, through the interaction among researchers and educators and will thus foster the society’s vision to improve our lives through the transforming power of clay science. The meeting’s technical program begins each day with society award winners’ presentations on research, education, and outreach activities in clay science, followed by presentations that cover a broad range of clay sciences dealing with its applications for consumer goods, environmental remediation, natural science, medicine, space exploration as well as cosmetic, food and industrial products. It is a unique opportunity for students to participate and interact with international colleagues and leading researchers and teachers. The interaction during and after technical sessions will further enhance research and education in clay sciences. The student travel awards funded by this NSF award will support approximately 10 students in the United States to attend the joint Meeting between The Clay Minerals Society and Asian Clay at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from June 3rd- 7th, 2024. Support for student registration fees is also included for approximately 10 local students, who will also help with the conference operation. The student travel grants will target students who will benefit from attending this conference including registration fee and a field trip. Priority will be given to first-time attendees and students from under-represented groups in the Geosciences. This award is co-funded by the Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry Program and the Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program in the Division of Earth Sciences.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.