Supporting Student and Diversity Involvement at the 2020 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference; Vail, Colorado; June 17-20 2020

该奖项将为2020年6月17日至20日在科罗拉多州韦尔举行的年度夏季生物力学，生物工程和生物运输会议（SB3C）提供支持。本次会议将汇集生物工程和生物学广泛领域的当前和未来领导者，以促进最先进的研究，合作和国际科学话语。会议将涵盖广泛的主题，包括细胞和组织工程，计算生物力学和诊断模型，以及康复和辅助技术。今年的会议将特别强调机械生物学，它研究细胞和组织的物理力量和机械特性的变化如何改变生物体的功能。该奖项的主要目标是使学生和早期职业科学家能够参与2020年SB3C，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的科学家。第二个目标是支持在学生论文竞赛中写出最有价值的科学摘要的高素质学生研究人员。最后，会议上的讨论将由专业的科学作家记录下来，并通过发表的论文进行传播。这将是对公开的会议记录的补充。总之，这些活动将为更多样化的专业生物工程劳动力奠定基础。为来自代表性不足群体的学生（本科生和研究生）、博士后研究员和早期职业科学家提供基于成绩的多元化旅行奖学金，以支付会议注册费，这将扩大参与范围。所有获得这些资金的人都将参加一个新颖的多元化导师-学员活动。本次活动将提供一个环境，与会者可以建立网络，建立长期的指导关系，并讨论成为成功的研究人员的挑战方面。在学生论文比赛中获得入围者或获胜者支持的学生可以将这些信息添加到他们的简历中，比赛为学生提供了一个发展为研究人员的机会，是一个重要的职业促进，增强了对最有才华的学生的保留，并为所有学生参与者提供了榜样。最后，创建一份综合了连接力学和生物学的最新讨论的学术出版物，将为会议主题“力学生物学：连接物理、形式和功能”的当代讨论提供持久、切实的记录。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 provide support for the annual Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) in Vail, Colorado form June 17th - 20th of 2020. This conference will bring together current and future leaders across the broad fields of bioengineering and biology to promote state-of-the-art research, collaboration, and international scientific discourse. Sessions will span a broad range of topics including Cell & Tissue Engineering, Computational Biomechanics & Diagnostic Models, and Rehabilitation & Assistive Technologies. This year’s conference will place particular emphasis on mechanobiology, which studies how physical forces and changes in the mechanical properties of cells and tissues can alter the function of an organism. The primary objective of this award is to enable the participation of students and early career scientists in the 2020 SB3C, especially those from underrepresented groups. A secondary objective is to include supporting highly-qualified student researchers who write the most meritorious scientific abstracts in the Student Paper Competition. Finally, discussions at the conference will be captured by a professional science writer and disseminated via a published paper. This will be in addition to the publicly-available conference proceedings. Taken together, these activities will build a foundation for a more diverse professional bioengineering workforce. Offering merit-based diversity travel fellowships pay for conference registration costs for students (undergraduate and graduate), postdoctoral fellows, and early career scientists from underrepresented groups will broaden participation. All who receive these funds will participate in a novel Diversity Mentor-Mentee Event. This event will provide an environment where attendees can network, initiate long term mentoring relationships, and discuss challenging aspects of being successful researchers. Students who receive support as finalists or winners in the student paper competition can add this information to their resumes, and the competition provides an opportunity for students to develop as researchers and is a significant career boost, enhancing retention of the most talented students and providing role models for all student attendees. Finally, the creation of a scholarly publication synthesizing the state-of-the-art discussions on bridging mechanics and biology will provide a lasting, tangible record of contemporary discussions on the conference theme – “Mechanobiology: Linking physics, form and function”.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.