Travel: Eleven Societies Travel Grants for Students, Independent Scholars, and Recent PhDs

该补助金支持研究生，早期职业科学家和独立学者出席和参与由11个STS协会在四年内组织的38次科学和技术研究（STS）会议。它通过消除经常阻止初级STS学者参加专业会议的经济障碍来做到这一点。赠款受益人将通过进入新的科学网络、接收旨在促进出版的反馈意见和传播其研究成果，更好地融入国际和跨学科的STS社区。 这笔赠款还将支持培养一个更加多样化和包容性的STS社区。为促进这一点，所有参与社团将收集有关申请人和旅费补助金领取人的人口数据。他们还将收集所有与会者的人口统计数据，以更好地评估这笔赠款在增加11个社会的多样性方面所发挥的作用。这些发现将对11个学会的成员、教育工作者、大学管理人员、政策制定者和公众产生兴趣。该奖项反映了NSF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 grant supports the attendance and participation of graduate students, early-career scientists, and independent scholars at thirty-eight Science and Technology Studies (STS) conferences organized by eleven STS societies over a four-year period. It does so by removing the financial barriers to entry that frequently prevent junior STS scholars from attending professional conferences. Grant beneficiaries will become better integrated in the international and interdisciplinary STS community by gaining access to new scientific networks, receiving feedback designed to facilitate publication, and disseminating their research findings. This grant will also support the cultivation of a more diverse and inclusive STS community. To facilitate this, all participating societies will collect demographic data about applicants and travel grant recipients. They will also collect demographic data on all conference attendees to better assess the role this grant will play in increasing diversity across the eleven societies. These findings will be of interest to members of the eleven societies, educators, university administrators, policymakers, and the public. They will be made available to these audiences through broadly circulated official reports and public-facing media.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.