Student Travel to the 2018 Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society: Champaign, IL - June 9-14, 2018

该奖项将支持来自美国大学的15名学生参加2018年6月8日至6月14日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校举行的第55届粘土矿物学会年会。旅行补助金将用于参加本次会议的研究生，包括粘土矿物药用应用研讨会和实地考察。将优先考虑第一次参加者，以及来自代表性不足群体（女性、少数民族和残疾学生）的学生。一年一度的粘土矿物学会会议是粘土科学领域的重要国际会议，每年举行一次。会议将吸引来自许多不同科学学科的与会者，从农业到材料科学和工程，以及来自许多不同的国家。该计划一般包括一个讲习班和为期四天的技术会议。每次技术会议都以颁奖讲座开始，随后是主题会议，主题会议涵盖粘土科学的广泛领域：粘土矿物学、晶体学、岩石学、材料科学、纳米科学、医学和药用粘土、环境工程、土壤科学、生物地球化学、工业技术、同位素地球化学、宇宙地球化学、先进光谱学和教育。这是研究生参与国际同事和领先研究人员互动的独特机会。技术会议期间和会后的互动将进一步加强粘土科学的研究和教育。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support 15 students from universities in the United States to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during June 8th-June 14th, 2018. The travel grants will target graduate students who will benefit from attending this conference, including the workshop on Medicinal Applications of Clay Minerals and field trips. Priority will be given to first-time attendees, and students from under-represented groups (female, minorities and students with disabilities).The annual Clay Mineral Society conference is a premier international conference in clay science, held annually. The conference will attract participants from many different scientific disciplines, from agriculture to materials science and engineering, and from many different countries. The program generally consists of a workshop and four-day technical sessions. Each technical session starts with an Award Lecture that will be followed by thematic sessions, which cover a broad range of clay sciences: clay mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, material science, nanoscience, medical and medicinal clay, environmental engineering, soil science, biogeochemistry, industrial technology, isotope geochemistry, cosmogeochemistry, advanced spectroscopies, and education. It is a unique opportunity for graduate students to participate and interact with international colleagues and leading researchers. The interaction during and post technical sessions will further enhance the research and education in clay sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.