NSF Support of Student Participation in the 2018 World Biosensors Congress

该奖项将支持学生在2018年世界生物传感器大会上的活动，以及相关的为期一天的暑期学校，提供专注于纸质纳米生物传感器技术的教程。这些活动将于6月12日至15日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行。2018年世界大会庆祝该国际会议系列成立28周年，被认为是生物传感器和生物电子学领域的首次会议。大会自1990年以来每两年举行一次，在全球轮流举行，吸引了1000多名代表。世界生物传感器大会每六年在北美召开一次，但这是自2000年以来第一次在美国召开。由于会议地点在迈阿密，今年有一个接触美国与会者的特殊机会。虽然美国的参与水平一直排在前三名，但已经提交摘要的美国作者的比例高于平时。这种融洽的气氛被认为是必不可少的，可以将年轻的研究人员纳入社区，并鼓励更成熟的研究人员之间的互动。这些举措包括企业家展示空间，为当地高中生和少数族裔本科生提供特别活动和推广项目，以鼓励STEM职业。拟议项目的目的是a)表彰在会议上展示海报的优秀学生，b)向来自美国院校的学生颁发10个NSF旅行奖，这些学生有机会展示海报或演讲。发给美国院校摘要作者的录取通知书将特别为学生演讲者提供竞争国家科学基金会旅游奖的机会。

This award will support student activities at the 2018 World Biosensors Congress and the associated one-day Summer School providing tutorials focused on paper-based nanobiosensor technology. These events will be held June 12-15 in Miami, Florida. The 2018 World Congress celebrates the 28th anniversary of this international conference series, considered the premiere meeting in the field of biosensors and bioelectronics. The Congress has been held every two years since 1990 and rotates around the globe, attracting more than 1000 delegates. Every six years, the World Biosensor Congress meets in North America, but this is the first time in the US since 2000. With the conference location in Miami, there is a special opportunity to reach US participants this year. While the US is always in the top three countries for level of participation, the ratio of US authors already submitting abstracts is higher than usual. This congenial atmosphere is deemed to be essential to incorporate young investigators into the community as well as to encouraged interactions between more established investigators. These initiatives include an entrepreneurs' exhibit space with special activities and outreach programs for local high school students and minority undergraduates to encourage careers in STEM.The aims of the proposed project are a) to recognize excellence by students presenting posters at the conference and b) to present 10 NSF travel awards to students from US institutions competitively offered the opportunity to present posters or talks. The acceptance letter to authors of abstracts from US institutions will specifically offer student presenters the opportunity to compete for the NSF travel awards.