Support for International Travel to the Sixth International Conference on Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM03), Dingle, Ireland, August 31 - September 3, 2003

这项旅行补助金将为一小部分美国科学家参加2003年8月31日至9月3日在爱尔兰丁格尔举行的非接触式原子力显微镜国际会议(NcAFM03)提供部分支持。这一系列会议是分享这项快速发展的技术进步的主要国际场所，该技术使绝缘表面和导电表面的原子分辨率研究成为可能。这笔资金将使新的美国调查人员能够了解这一令人兴奋的技术的最新进展，会见该领域前沿的国际组织成员，并将在美国科学调查中使用该技术的想法带回来。它将促进国际合作，促进知情研究人员更有效地利用美国资源。旅行补助金将使8名研究生或博士后助理，特别是那些有摘要介绍、旅行和与该领域的其他科学家互动的人，该领域几乎横跨所有物理和生物科学。

This Travel Grant will provide partial support for a small group of US scientists to attend the International Conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM03) in Dingle, Ireland, August 31 to September 3, 2003. This conference series is the primary international venue for sharing advances in this rapidly developing technique, which enables atomic resolution investigation of both insulating and conducting surfaces. The funds will enable new US investigators to become informed about the latest progress in this exciting technique, to meet members of the international groups at the frontier of the field, and to bring back ideas for use of the technique in scientific investigations in the USA. It will promote international cooperation and more efficient use of US resources by informed researchers. The Travel Grant will enable eight graduate students or post-doctoral associates, particularly those with abstracts to present, to travel and interact with other scientists in this field, which spans virtually all physical and biological sciences.