Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference in South Africa to Support the South African PhD Project

机构：美国科学促进会标题：南非跨学科科学会议支持南非博士项目参考：Vaughan C.TurekianHRD 0850461在国家科学基金会的支持下，美国科学促进会将支持国家研究基金会？S(国家科学促进会)南非博士项目，在南非为全国科学促进会？S博士生策划一次跨学科科学与工程能力建设会议中发挥重要作用。这次会议将为南非科学家和学生、他们在美国的NSF CREST机构的同行以及美国和其他地区更大的科学界的其他成员之间建立关系提供机会。这一NSF奖项将使AAAS能够支持会议的智力发展，并支持美国科学家和学生前往南非参加会议。AAAS将在规划科学会议、制定会议框架方面发挥关键合作伙伴的作用，并通过咨询作用帮助建立组织和开展此类会议的长期能力？传达组织和执行跨学科科学会议的最佳实践，并为会议材料提供可适应的模板。智力价值建议的会议将为参加会议的南非和美国的学生提供重要的教育和专业发展经验，同时提供美国和南非科学家之间的面对面接触，从而促进参与会议的科学家之间未来的科学合作。广泛影响建议的会议将显著促进参加会议的美国和南非学生的教育和专业发展，并促进参与会议的美国和南非机构和科学家之间机构和教师研究合作的发展。

Institution: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceTitle: Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference in South Africa to support the South African Ph.D. ProjectRef.: Vaughan C. TurekianHRD 0850461With National Science Foundation support, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will support the National Research Foundation?s (NRF) South African Ph.D. Project by serving as a key collaborator in planning an interdisciplinary science and engineering capacity building conference in South Africa for the NRF?s Ph.D. students worldwide. The conference will provide opportunities to forge relationships between South African scientists and students, their counterparts at NSF CREST institutions in the U.S. and other members of the larger science communities in the U.S. and beyond. This NSF award will enable AAAS to support the intellectual development of the conference and travel by U.S.-based scientists and students to the meeting in South Africa. AAAS will serve a key collaborator in planning the scientific conference, developing the framework for the meeting, and through an advisory role, helping to build long term capacity to organize and conduct such meeting ? conveying best practices in the organization and execution of an interdisciplinary scientific conference and providing adaptable templates for conference materials.Intellectual MeritThe proposed conference will provide significant educational and professional development experiences for the participating students from South Africa and the United States while providing in-person contact between U.S. and South African scientists that could facilitate future scientific collaborations among and between the participating scientists.Broader ImpactsThe proposed conference should significantly enhance the educational and professional development of the participating U.S. and South African students as well as facilitate the development of both institutional and faculty research collaborations between the participating U.S. and South African institutions and scientists.