Graduate Student Travel Support Program for the 2008 V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 13-18, 2008

2008年在不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华举行的V.M.Goldschmidt会议将为年轻的地球化学家提供一个无与伦比的机会，让他们与科学界分享他们的研究，了解世界各地正在进行的尖端研究，并与专门从事他们感兴趣的领域的资深科学家互动。会议将讨论的专题涉及低温和高温地球化学的广泛分学科，包括早期太阳系地质年代学、行星地球化学、早期地球、大陆地壳演化、地幔动力学、地幔地球化学、实验岩石学、地壳和地幔中的流体、俯冲过程、岩浆过程、热年代学和资源地球化学。除了口头和海报介绍，学生们还将有机会参加不列颠哥伦比亚省杰出的地质目的地的实地考察，包括加拿大瀑布、Wrangellia洪水玄武岩和温哥华岛，以及关于地球化学分析技术的短期课程，包括地球科学中的激光烧蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱仪和分析地球化学中的质量保证。这项建议提出了一种方法，公平地选择和分配旅行资助资金给最合格的学生申请者，以确保30人或更多人有机会受益于会议将汇集的所有资源。除了从NSF申请的资金外，地球化学学会还将捐赠10,000美元，使学生机会总数达到40个。广泛影响国际科学会议是各种经验水平的研究人员的主要联系渠道。对于研究生来说，这些会议往往是与国际科学界成员互动的第一次机会。作为首屈一指的国际地球化学会议，戈德施密特会议在将年轻的研究人员介绍给本国机构以外的地球化学界方面发挥着至关重要的作用。对于一个努力在科学界站稳脚跟的研究生来说，这种国际学习和网络体验的挥之不去的影响可能会改变他的一生。拟议的学生旅行支持计划将使来自美国和美国领土的最优秀和最聪明的高级研究生，这些学生可能因为本国机构的经济限制而无法参加，他们将受益于这次会议在他们各自职业生涯的这个转折点所提供的所有优势。将尽一切努力鼓励妇女、代表性不足的少数群体和残疾人申请资助，并尽可能确保获奖者代表当今地球科学研究生社区抽样的各种人口多样性。我们真诚地希望，鼓励任职人数不足的群体参加诸如戈德施密特会议之类的国际活动，将在今后几年增加高级地球科学家核心群体的多样性。

ABSTRACTIntellectual Merit The 2008 V. M. Goldschmidt Conference in Vancouver, BC, will provide an unparalleled opportunity for young geochemists to share their research with the scientific community, learn about cutting edge research taking place around the world, and interact with senior scientists specializing in their specific realm of interest. Thematic issues to be addressed at the conference span a broad range of sub-disciplines in low- and high- temperature geochemistry, including Early Solar System Geochronology, Planetary Geochemistry, Early Earth, Continental Crustal Evolution, Mantle Dynamics, Mantle Geochemistry, Experimental Petrology, Fluids in the Crust and Mantle, Subduction Processes, Magmatic Processes, Thermochronolgy, and Resource Geochemistry. In addition to oral and poster presentation sessions, students will have an opportunity to participate in field trips to outstanding geological destinations in British Columbia including the Canadian Cascades, Wrangellia Flood Basalts, and Vancouver Island, as well as short courses on geochemical analytical techniques including Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences and Quality Assurance in Analytical Geochemistry. This proposal puts forth a method for fairly selecting and distributing travel support funds to the most qualified student applicants, in order to ensure that 30 or more have an opportunity to benefit from all the resources to be assembled at the conference. In addition to the funding requested from NSF, the Geochemical Society will contribute $10,000, bringing the total number of student opportunities to 40.Broader ImpactsInternational scientific meetings are the primary networking outlet for researchers of all experience levels. For graduate students, these meetings are often the first opportunity to interact with members of the international scientific community. As the premier international geochemical conference, the Goldschmidt Conference plays a critical role in introducing young researchers to the world of geochemistry beyond their home institutions. The lingering effects of such an international learning and networking experience can be life-changing for a graduate student struggling to gain a foothold in the scientific community. The proposed student travel support program will enable the best and brightest senior graduate students from the US and US Territories, students who might otherwise be unable to attend due to financial constraints at their home institutions, to benefit from all the advantages this meeting has to offer at this turning point in their respective careers. Every effort will be made to encourage women, under-represented minorities, and people with disabilities to apply for funding, and to ensure, as much as possible, that the full range of demographic diversity sampled by today's geosciences graduate student community is represented among the awardees. It is our sincere hope that encouraging participation by under-represented groups in international events such as the Goldschmidt Conference will increase the diversity of the core group of senior geoscientists in the years to come.