Eight Societies Travel Grants for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, & Recent PhDs

项目概述：本项目申请资助8个科学技术历史、哲学和社会研究专业学会在2014年至2016年期间为研究生、独立学者和初级学者提供旅行资助。赠款将使这些学者能够参加其中一些与他们的专业发展有关的专业会议。它们的参与将促进其研究成果的传播，并提供参与专业网络的机会。这种专业化在几个方面都是至关重要的。年轻的学者将在主要的研究型大学、文理学院和社区学院任教；他们还参与策划博物馆展览，在研究机构工作，监督图书馆馆藏，并帮助政府项目。当独立学者继续在博物馆、研究机构、图书馆和政府机构工作时，他们需要与他们的专业协会保持联系，以促进智力和实践的激励。最后，最近的博士们面临着部门旅费的严重削减；旅行补助金将有助于维持他们的职业轨迹。帮助这些团体有助于提高STEM劳动力，这反过来又有助于通过提高科学素养和加强科学过程来推进国家科学基金会的核心使命。更广泛的影响这项赠款所需的合作将有助于维持代表不同领域的八个学会之间的关系。它还促进了国际交流，使学者们能够到海外旅行，分享他们的研究和发展网络。这种交流提高了会议的智力质量，同时促进了对科学的不同观点和解释。随着美国大学在校生在世界上所占份额的减少，这8个学会（它们都是国际成员，其中大部分成员在美国）就科学及其对社会的影响分享想法和问题变得更加重要。

Project OverviewThis proposal requests funds to enable eight professional societies in history, philosophy, and social studies of science and technology to provide travel grants to graduate students, independent scholars, and junior scholars between 2014 and 2016. The grants would enable these scholars to participate in some of these professional meetings, those that are pertinent to their professional development. Their participation would facilitate the dissemination of their research results and provide opportunities to engage in professional networking.Intellectual MeritSuch professionalization is crucial on several fronts. Younger scholars will be teaching at major research universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges; they are also engaged in curating museum exhibits, working at research institutes, overseeing library collections, and helping with government programs. Independent scholars need to maintain contact with their professional societies to promote intellectual and practical stimulation as they continue to work in museums, research institutes, libraries, and government agencies. Finally, recent PhDs face severe cuts in departmental travel funds; travel grants will facilitate the maintenance of their career trajectories. Assisting these groups serves to enhance the STEM workforce, which in turn serves to advance NSF's core mission by improving science literacy and by enhancing the scientific process. Broader ImpactsThe cooperation that this grant will require will serve to maintain relationships across the eight societies, which represent divergent fields. It also facilitates international interactions enabling scholars to travel overseas as they share their research and develop networks. This exchange enhances the intellectual quality of the meetings, while fostering diverse viewpoints and interpretations of science. As the US sees its share of college enrollees in the world dwindle, it is all the more important that these eight societies, all of them with an international membership with the lion's share of its members in the US, share ideas and questions about science and its influence on society.