2015 Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility; Rapid City, South Dakota at the South Dakota School of Mines; May 18-20, 2015.

该奖项将为美国青年科学家和未被充分代表的少数民族成员提供部分参与者支持，以参加2015年5月18日至20日在桑福德地下研究设施（SURF）举行的2015年科学会议，该会议将于2015年5月18日至20日在南达科他州拉皮德城的南达科他州矿业技术学院校园举行。会议将讨论可以在SURF进行的科学：中微子物理，质子衰变，核天体物理，暗物质，无中微子双β衰变，核与粒子物理材料科学，地质学，天体生物学和极端环境中的生命。对于更广泛的影响，会议特别关注青年科学家以及在科学和工程领域未被充分代表的群体（例如，未被充分代表的少数民族、妇女和残疾人）的科学家。PI也在努力鼓励美国土著学生、科学家和工程师参加会议。这次会议对年轻科学家的教育很重要，不仅因为他们听了演讲，而且因为在会议期间，他们直接与与会的更有经验的科学家交流。

This award will provide partial participant support for US junior scientists and members of under-represented minorities to participate in the 2015 Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) to be held on May 18-20, 2015 on the campus at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. The conference will address the science that can be carried out at SURF: Neutrino Physics, Proton Decay, Nuclear Astrophysics, Dark Matter, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Materials Science for Nuclear and Particle Physics, Geology, and Astrobiology and Life in Extreme Environments. For Broader Impacts, the conference has a particular focus on junior scientists as well as scientists who are members of groups underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities). The PI is also working to encourage the participation of Native American students, scientists, and engineers in the conference. This conference is important in the education of young scientists not only because of the presentations they listen to, but also because during the meeting they directly communicate with the more experienced scientists who are in attendance.