Choices for Our Generation: Ethics at the Cutting Edge of Science and Technology

该奖项为为期一周的会议提供部分支持， "我们这一代的选择：科学前沿的伦理学和 技术. "在一次全国性的比赛中， 来自不同学科的专家与学术界的高级领导人会面， 行业、政府和非营利组织为小团体 讨论以及一般性全体会议，并作主旨发言 由全国知名人士。 他们关注的会议 当学生们进入到 增加责任。申请人准备特定主题的论文 科学技术研究和发展影响和 受这些选择的影响;这些文件有助于关注小 一周内的小组讨论。出版物和后续活动 将覆盖全国的大学生;学术科学， 技术与社会（STS）社区;科学与技术 从业人员和决策者;高中教师;和感兴趣的 广大市民。

This award provides partial support for a week-long conference on "Choices for Our Generation: Ethics at the Cutting Edge of Science and Technology." Selected in a national competition, 90 outstanding students from diverse disciplines meet with senior leaders from academia, industry, government and non-profit organizations for small group discussions as well as general plenary sessions with keynote addresses by nationally-known figures. The conference them focuses attention on the ethical choices students face as they move into positions of increasing responsibility. Applicants prepare papers on specific topics where scientific and technological research and development affect and are affected by these choices; these papers serve to focus the small group discussions during the week. Publication and follow-up activities will reach university students nationwide; the academic science, technology and society (STS) community; science and technology practitioners and policy-makers; high school teachers; and interested members of the general public.