Student Participation in the 2019 NanoFlorida International Conference: ?Advances in Translational Nanotechnology"

这项提案要求提供资金，以支持本科生、研究生和实习生在佛罗里达州和美国各地的注册和/或旅行，以便他们能够参加即将到来的2019年纳米佛罗里达国际会议。佛罗里达州坦帕市南佛罗里达大学的药学研究生项目将主办这次会议，旨在为改善包括医药、制药、农业、能源和环境等不同部门的纳米技术应用提供新的视角。纳米佛罗里达会议是一项独特的活动，有着悠久而成功的传统，学生研究人员在佛罗里达州分享他们在纳米技术方面的发现。它包括所有12所州立大学，包括佛罗里达农工大学(一家少数族裔院校)和白求恩库克曼大学，这两所大学都是历史上的黑人大学，以及佛罗里达州立大学系统中招收60%女性的学校。第一次，传统上仅限于佛罗里达州的纳米佛罗里达会议已经扩大到包括来自美国和世界各地的学生，并因此更名为纳米佛罗里达国际会议。会议将包括研讨会，讨论纳米材料和生物传感设备的进展，以及它们在能源、医学和农业科学中的应用；并为学生提供与学术机构和更广泛的纳米技术行业的研究人员建立网络的新机会。NSF的资金将报销多达200名学生的注册费和/或旅费，使更多的学生能够参与。这反过来又增加了这些新的专业发展活动对学生的有益影响。会议将1)为纳米和纳米生物技术领域的研究人员创建一个科学交流的论坛，并帮助识别纳米科学和纳米技术前沿的新挑战；2)促进和促进佛罗里达州、全美和全球纳米科学界内的合作研究联系和网络机会；3)促进和鼓励来自佛罗里达州不同大学和研究所以及国内外的学者之间的合作研究努力；4)在纳米科学和纳米工程技术领域建立强大的产业界合作伙伴关系，以促进佛罗里达州和其他地区的市场驱动的研究和创新；5)鼓励和展示本科生和研究生、学生和博士后实习生的贡献，创造一个对学生友好的活动，让他们可以在同龄人中展示他们的研究，从而确保新一代纳米生物科学家。因此，会议将有一个主要的学生部分，强调参与、加强领导力和成功。学生将遇到来自其他学校和行业的研究人员，这些专业关系将为学生在STEM领域的职业生涯提供长期好处。纳米佛罗里达会议是一种教育体验，向学生展示最新的纳米生物技术研究及其应用。学习纳米生物技术，发展交流技能，并与学术界和工业界的研究人员建立联系，是为学生毕业后加入纳米技术大军做准备的重要步骤。会后调查和演讲者研究报告的出版将作为本次会议成功与否的衡量标准。这一奖项反映了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。

This proposal requests funding to support the registration and/or travel of undergraduate and graduate students and trainees across the State of Florida and the United States, so that they can attend the upcoming 2019 NanoFlorida International Conference. The College of Pharmacy Graduate Programs at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL will host the conference with an aim to provide new perspectives on challenges and opportunities for improving nanotechnology applications in various sectors including medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, energy and environment sectors. The NanoFlorida Conference is a unique event with a long, successful tradition of student researchers sharing their discoveries in nanotechnology within the State of Florida. It includes all 12 State Universities including Florida A&M (a minority institution) and Bethune Cookman University, both historically black universities, and schools in the Florida State University System that have an enrollment of 60% women. For the first time, the NanoFlorida Conference, traditionally restricted to Florida, has been extended to include students from the USA and from around the world and thus renamed as the NanoFlorida International Conference. The conference will include symposia addressing advances on nanomaterials and devices for biosensing, and their applications in energy, medicine, and agricultural sciences; and provide new opportunities for students to network with researchers from academic institutions and the broader nanotechnology industry. NSF funding will reimburse the registration fees and/or travel of up to two hundred students, enabling more students to participate. This in turn increases the beneficial impact of these new professional development activities for students.The conference will 1) create a forum for researchers in fields of nano- and nanobio- technologies for scientific exchange and to help identify emerging challenges at the frontiers of nanoscience and nanotechnology; 2) promote and foster collaborative research ties and networking opportunities within the nanoscience communities in Florida, across the US, and globally; 3) foster and encourage collaborative research efforts between academicians from different Florida universities and institutes and beyond nationally and internationally; 4) forge strong industry-academia partnerships in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering technology to promote market driven research and innovation in Florida and beyond; and 5) encourage and showcase the contributions of undergraduate and graduate, students and postdoctoral trainees by creating a student-friendly event where they can present their research among their peers thereby ensuring a new generation of nano-bio scientists. Thus, the conference will have a dominant student component with an emphasis on participation, enhancement of leadership and success. Students will meet researchers from other schools and from industry, and these professional relationships will provide long-term benefits to students' careers in STEM fields. NanoFlorida conferences are an educational experience that reveals to students the latest nanobiotechnology research and its applications. Learning about nanobiotechnology, developing communication skills, and networking with researchers from academia and industry are important steps that prepare students to join the nanotechnological workforce upon their graduation. Post-conference surveys and the publication of presenter research will serve as a measure of the success of this conference.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.