Conference Support for IRMMW-THz 2011: The 36th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, held in Houston, TX on October 2-7, 2011.

该提案要求部分支持学生和年轻研究人员参加第36届国际红外线、毫米波和太赫兹波年度会议。该会议将于2011年10月2-7日在德克萨斯州休斯顿举行。国家科学基金会的支持将为年轻的研究人员提供展示他们最新成果的机会，并与会议范围内不同学科的专家互动。申请的资金将专门用于支持美国研究人员的旅费和注册费，并将针对代表不足的群体。这次会议最近发展迅速，现在是长波电磁科学和技术所有领域研究人员的领先论坛。主题领域横跨多个学科，包括物理、化学、生物和众多工程学科的各个方面。会议继续受益于IEEE微波理论与技术协会的技术联合赞助，该协会负责监督会议程序的出版。该提案的更广泛影响是在众多不同的理论家和实践科学家和工程师社区中培养技术讨论的环境。此外，会议组织者致力于鼓励年轻的美国科学家和研究人员参与，特别是来自代表性不足的群体。这将通过降低学生的会议注册费以及通过提供有针对性的旅行支持来实现。通过促进年轻研究人员的职业生涯，这项提议将有利于长波科学和技术领域的未来增长。

This proposal requests partial support for participation of students and young researchersin the 36th Annual International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves.The conference will be held in Houston TX on October 2-7, 2011. NSF support will provideopportunities for young researchers to showcase their recent results and interact with expertsin the various disciplines which fall within the conference scope. The requested funds willspecifically be used to support travel and registration costs for US researchers, and willbe targeted towards under-represented groups.This conference has recently grown rapidly and is now the leading forum for researchers inall areas of long-wave electromagnetic science and technology. Topical areas span a widerange of disciplines, including aspects of physics, chemistry, biology and numerous engineeringdisciplines. The conference continues to benefit from the technical co-sponsorship of theIEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, which oversees the publication of the conferenceproceedings.The broader impact of the proposal is fostering an environment of technical discussions amongnumerous different communities of theorists and practicing scientists and engineers. In additionthe conference organizers are dedicated to encouraging participation by young US scientistsand researchers, especially from under-represented groups. This will be accomplished throughreduced conference registration fees for students as well as by providing targeted travelsupport enabled by this NSF proposal. By fostering the careers of younger researchers, thisproposal will benefit the future growth of the field of long-wave science and technology.