Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Graduate Student Travel Grant

NSF旅行补助金将允许科学社会研究学会（4S）通过旅行奖励的方式支持研究生参加其年度专业会议。这些会议是科学和技术研究（STS）的跨学科学术领域的主要学术活动，并作为专业化和网络建设超越学生的地方部门的轨迹。4S年会汇集了一系列国际和跨学科学者，他们有着共同的目标，即理解科学，技术和医学的发展以及它们在不同社会背景下的互动方式。参加这些会议使研究生接触到专业网络，使他们能够从各自领域的高级学者那里获得反馈和指导;跟上他们领域的发展;并传播他们自己的研究成果，最终支持STS的下一代学者。旅费赠款确保了参加会议的公平性，并产生了多样化的研究生与会者。研究生参加年会的影响也超出了该领域。过去的NSF旅行赠款资助了广泛学科的学生，包括宗教研究、历史、医学和文化人类学、社会学、创新和技术管理、兽医学、心理学、地理学、传播和媒体研究以及性别研究。通过这种方式，NSF资助的好处是广泛的-不仅包括那些直接从事科学和技术研究的人。促进学生参加年会对于培养敬业和知情的教师，研究人员和政策制定者至关重要，可能会影响无数本科生和社会政策的方向。STS毕业生将继续在各种环境中工作-从大学到初创企业再到科学技术政策办公室-为我们的社会带来持续和公平的科学技术创新所需的社会因素的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。

The NSF travel grant will allow the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to support graduate students by way of travel awards to attend its annual professional conference. These meetings are the primary scholarly event in the interdisciplinary academic field of science and technology studies (STS) and serve as a locus of professionalization and network-building beyond the student’s local departmental. The 4S annual meeting brings together a range of international and interdisciplinary scholars who share the common goal of understanding the development of science, technology, and medicine and the way they interact within varying social contexts. Participation in these meetings expose graduate students to professional networks, allowing them to receive feedback and mentoring from senior scholars in their field; keep abreast of developments in their area; and disseminate the results of their own research, ultimately supporting the next generation of scholars in STS. Travel grants ensure that access to the conference is equitable and produces a diverse cohort of graduate student attendees.The impact of graduate student participation in the annual meeting also extends beyond the field. Past NSF travel grants have funded students in a wide range of disciplines, including religious studies, history, medical and cultural anthropology, sociology, innovation and technology management, veterinary science, psychology, geography, communication and media studies, and gender studies. In this way, the benefits of NSF funding are wide–ranging-encompassing not just those working directly within science and technology studies. Facilitating student attendance at the annual meeting is critical for creating engaged and informed teachers, researchers, and policy makers, potentially impacting countless undergraduate students and the direction of social policy. STS graduates go on to work in a variety of settings–from universities to start-ups to the Office of Science and Technology Policy–bringing knowledge of the social factors necessary to bring about sustained and equitable science and technology innovation in our society.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.