Proposal for travel grants to students to attend the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) meeting in Brisbane, Australia

该奖项旨在为研究生提供旅行奖励，以帮助他们参加2009年7月12-16日在澳大利亚布里斯班圣卢西亚的伊曼纽尔学院举行的国际生物学历史、哲学和社会研究学会(ISHPSSB)两年一次的会议。ISHPSSB是一个专业学会，汇集了来自不同学科的学者，包括生命科学以及科学的历史、哲学和社会研究。除了ISHPSSB的会议外，致力于跨学科的历史学家、哲学家和生物学社会科学家几乎没有机会相互交流，也没有机会与执业科学家互动。发生的互动提高了学者们的水平？正在进行的工作，并建立联系，促进未来参与合作研究的机会。这样的机会对研究生的重要性不亚于对老牌教师的重要性，甚至可以说比对老牌教师更重要。这是该学会第一次在南半球举行S两年一次的会议。该学会担心，前往布里斯班的高昂旅行费用将对研究生产生不成比例的影响，因此，这一群体的代表将不足。这可能会对会议质量、社会治理和学生的职业道路产生负面影响。尽管ISHPSSB在支持研究生参加其两年一次的会议方面有很好的记录，但该协会缺乏财政资源，无法以与过去提供的数额相当的水平资助前往布里斯班的旅行。这是因为前往布里斯班的旅行费用很高，而且只有少数学生成员生活在亚洲和太平洋沿岸国家。由于ISHPSSB近一半的学生成员生活在美国，能够提供NSF资助的旅行奖励将显著增加参加布里斯班会议的研究生人数以及美国总体与会者人数。

This award is to provide travel awards to graduate students to facilitate attending the biennial meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) to be held July 12-16, 2009 at Emmanuel College in St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia. ISHPSSB is a professional society that brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences as well as history, philosophy, and social studies of science. Apart from ISHPSSB meetings, there are few opportunities for historians, philosophers, and social scientists of biology who are committed to interdisciplinarity to interact with one another and with practicing scientists. The interactions that occur improve scholars? work in progress and establish ties that promote opportunities to engage in collaborative research in the future. Such opportunities are no less important, and arguably even more important, for graduate students than for established faculty. This is the first of the society?s biennial meetings to be held in the southern hemisphere.The society is concerned that the high cost of travel to Brisbane will disproportionately affect graduate students, and as a result, this group will be underrepresented at the meeting. This could have a negative impact on the quality of the meeting, governance of the society, and the career paths of students. Although ISHPSSB has a strong record of supporting graduate student participation at its biennial meetings, the society lacks the financial resources to be able to subsidize travel to Brisbane at a level comparable to what has been provided in the past. This is due to the high cost of travel to Brisbane and the fact that only a handful of student members live in Asian and Pacific Rim countries. Because almost one-half of ISHPSSB's student members live in the US, the ability to offer NSF-funded travel awards will significantly bolster the number of graduate students at the Brisbane meeting as well as the number of US participants overall.