NSF Student Travel Grant for 2020 Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2020)

该奖项支持学生参加计算分子生物学研究(RECOMB 2020)会议。RECOMB是一个连接计算、数学和生物科学的国际科学会议，成立于1997年，旨在为计算生物学的理论进展及其在分子生物学和医学中的应用提供一个科学论坛。RECOMB 2019年将是第24届年会，将在意大利帕多瓦举行。会议将包括国际科学领袖的主旨演讲、计算生物学中被引用的研究论文的陈述、特别会议和海报会议。该项目将为最多10名美国留学生提供参加会议的支持。将特别努力通过有针对性地邀请科学工作者中代表性不足的群体的申请者来促进多样性。该项目将促进美国学生在计算生物学领域的教育，方法是接触到他们所在学科的最先进研究，并有机会与该领域的国际领导人交谈，并接受对他们自己工作的反馈。这次会议和拟议的旅行奖学金将具有特殊的教育价值，为多达10名美国计算生物学学生创造了一个独特的培训机会。这些学生是从竞争激烈的申请过程中挑选出来的，他们将获得旅行奖学金，这些奖学金将为注册、住宿和旅行费用提供部分支持。通过参加RECOMB会议，学生们将接触到计算生物学的最新进展，该领域已成为生命科学进步的核心领域，制药、农业、环境、消费品、生物技术、软件、硬件和服务公司对其从业者的需求很高。受该项目支持的学生将把他们获得的知识带回他们的实验室，促进科学发展和未来美国科学家的劳动力培训。NSF对该项目的投资还将有助于为受资助的学生提供宝贵的交流机会，促进他们的职业生涯和国家在不断扩大的全球行业中的竞争力，该行业已成为生命科学进步的核心。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。

This award supports student travel to the Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2020) conference. RECOMB is an international scientific conference bridging the computational, mathematical, and biological sciences, founded in 1997 to provide a scientific forum for theoretical advances in computational biology and their applications in molecular biology and medicine. RECOMB 2019 will be the 24th Annual Meeting, to be held in Padua, Italy. The meeting will feature keynote talks by international scientific leaders, presentations of refereed research papers in computational biology, special sessions and poster sessions. This project will provide support for up to 10 US-based students to attend the meeting. Particular efforts will be made to promote diversity through targeted invitation to applicants from groups underrepresented in the scientific workforce . The project will promote education of US students in the field of computational biology through exposure to state-of-the-art research in their discipline and opportunities to talk with international leaders in the field and receive feedback on their own work. The meeting and proposed travel fellowships will have particular value for educational purposes, creating a unique training opportunity for up to 10 U.S.-based students of computational biology. These students, selected from a competitive application process, will be awarded travel fellowships that will provide partial support for registration, hotel, and travel costs. By attending the RECOMB meeting, students will gain exposure to the latest advances in computational biology, a field that has become central to progress in the life sciences generally and whose practitioners are in high demand at pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental, consumer products, biotech, software, hardware, and service companies. Students supported by the project will bring back the knowledge they acquire to their labs, advancing scientific development and workforce training of future US scientists. NSF investment in this project will also help provide valuable networking opportunities to supported students, advancing their careers and the nation's competitiveness in an expanding, global industry that has become central to progress in the life 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.