Student Travel Support Program for the 2011 V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, Czech Republic August 14-19, 2011

2011年的V.M.在捷克共和国布拉格举行的Goldschleman会议将为来自美国机构的年轻地球化学家提供一个与科学界分享他们的研究的绝佳机会，了解世界各地正在进行的前沿研究，并与专门从事其特定领域的高级科学家进行互动。会议将讨论的主题问题涉及低温和高温地球化学的广泛的子学科。除了口头和海报展示会议，学生将有机会参加实地考察以及短期课程。该提案提出了一种公平选择和分配旅行资助资金给多样化和高素质的学生申请者群体的方法，以确保40名或更多的学生有机会从会议上收集的所有资源中受益。除了从NSF申请的资金外，地球化学学会还将提供10，000美元，使学生机会总数达到50个。国际科学会议是所有经验水平的研究人员的主要网络渠道。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，Goldschleman会议在向年轻研究人员介绍他们所在机构以外的地球化学世界方面发挥着关键作用。这种国际学习和网络经验的挥之不去的影响可能会改变一个努力在科学界站稳脚跟的研究生的生活。拟议中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学生，否则可能由于家庭机构的财政限制而无法参加的学生，能够从这次会议在各自职业生涯的转折点上提供的所有优势中受益。将尽一切努力鼓励妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人申请资助，并尽可能确保今天的地球科学研究生社区抽样的人口多样性在获奖者中得到代表。此外，鼓励代表性不足的群体参加国际活动，如戈德施泰特会议，可能会在今后几年增加高级地球科学家核心群体的多样性。

The 2011 V. M. Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, Czech Republic will provide an excellent opportunity for young geochemists from US institutions 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. In addition to oral and poster presentation sessions, students will have an opportunity to participate in field trips as well as short courses. This proposal puts forth a method for fairly selecting and distributing travel support funds to the a diverse and highly qualified group of student applicants, to ensure that 40 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 50.International 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 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, underrepresented 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. Moreover, ncouraging participation by underrepresented groups in international events such as the Goldschmidt Conference may increase the diversity of the core group of senior geoscientists in the years to come.