Support for students from underrepresented institutions and groups to attend the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference; August 12-17, 2018; Boston, MA

一年一度的V.M.戈德施密特会议在向年轻研究人员介绍地球化学界方面发挥了重要作用。地球化学界是一门专注于地球和太阳系化学的地球科学学科。该项目寻求在参与者的支持下，增加代表不足群体的成员参加2018年在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的戈德施密特会议。在美国，少数族裔在地球科学中的比例低得惊人，甚至比其他STEM领域更差，而且在没有博士学位的小型学院和大学里，有大量有才华的学生，他们缺乏参加国际科学会议的资源。例如，在过去的十年中，每年向美国公民和永久居民授予200-300个地学博士学位，但没有一年超过两名非洲裔美国女性或六名男性获得地学博士学位，而拉美裔/拉丁裔获得地球科学博士学位的最高人数为七名女性和八名男性，此外，没有博士学位的小型学院和大学有大量有才华的学生，他们没有资源参加国际会议。许多这样的机构为低收入学生和/或第一代学生提供服务，这是一个巨大的潜在人才储藏库。国际科学会议是各种经验水平的研究人员建立联系的主要渠道。对于学生来说，这些会议往往是与国际科学界知名成员互动的第一次机会。希望通过促进他们参加Goldschmidt会议，他们将被吸引去攻读更高的学位，并将遇到将他们作为导师(博士后或研究生)的研究人员，从而有助于增加地球科学的多样性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference plays an important role in introducing young researchers to the world of geochemistry, the geosciences discipline that focuses on the chemistry of the earth and the solar system. This project seeks to increase the participation of members of underrepresented groups at the 2018 Goldschmidt meeting in Boston, MA, with participant support. The proportion of underrepresented minorities in the geosciences in the US is appallingly low, even worse than other STEM fields, and there is a large pool of talented students in small colleges and universities without Ph.D. programs who lack the resources to attend international scientific meetings. For example, over the past decade between 200-300 geoscience PhDs have been awarded each year to US citizens and permanent residents, yet there was not a single year in which more than two African American women or six men received geoscience Ph.D. degrees, and for Hispanics/Latinos the maximum numbers are seven women and eight men, Moreover, there is a large pool of talented students in small colleges and universities without Ph.D. programs, who do not have the resources to attend international meetings. Many of these institutions serve low-income students, and/or first-generation students, which represent a great potential reservoir of talent. International scientific meetings are the primary networking outlet for researchers of all experience levels. For students, these meetings are often the first opportunity to interact with eminent members of the international scientific community. It is hoped that by facilitating their participation in the Goldschmidt Conference, they will be turned on to pursue higher degrees, and will meet researchers who will take them on as mentees (as postdocs or graduate students), thus contributing to the need to increase diversity in the geosciences.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.