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

该奖项为为期一周的“我们这一代人的选择：科学技术前沿的伦理”会议提供了部分支持。来自不同学科的90名优秀学生在全国比赛中脱颖而出，与学术界、工业界、政府和非营利组织的高级领导人会面，进行小组讨论，并举行全体会议，由全国知名人士发表主题演讲。会议将注意力集中在学生在进入责任日益增加的职位时面临的道德选择上。申请者准备关于科技研究和发展影响和受这些选择影响的特定主题的论文；这些论文用于在一周内集中小组讨论。出版和后续活动将接触到全国的大学生、学术科学、技术和社会(STS)社区、科技从业人员和政策制定者、高中教师和感兴趣的公众。

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.