Travel: Kokes Awards for the 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting

该项目为参加2023年6月18日至23日在罗德岛普罗维登斯举行的第28届北美催化学会会议（NAM28）的约54名美国大学研究生提供旅行援助。催化长期以来一直是一项关键的工业和环境技术，有助于有效和有针对性地将原材料转化为燃料和化学产品，同时也能修复废物和污染物。不结盟运动会议是美国在催化、表面科学和催化反应工程领域的首要会议。会议汇集了学术、工业和政府实验室的研究人员，通过口头和海报展示、全体会议、小组讨论和专题研讨会来分享最新的技术进展，解决催化领域的主要挑战。研究生的出席对于为学生提供展示自己研究的机会至关重要，同时学习该领域的最新进展和催化研究的新方向，从而实现与化学制造、替代燃料和环境修复相关的可再生和可持续能源的关键技术。会议还将为研究生提供交流和合作的机会，帮助他们规划自己的研究生生涯。研究生的经济援助将通过Kokes旅行奖励计划提供。NSF资助包括注册费和住宿费——在5天的会议中，每个学生总共花费933美元。共有54名学生从145名获奖者中获得NSF旅行援助（基于北美催化学会和其他政府资助来源的预期资金），累计奖励预算为145,000美元。获奖者是根据严格的审查程序从288名学生申请中选出的，主要以成绩为基础，但考虑到基于需求的标准，这将使科克斯奖委员会能够确保适当代表代表性不足的群体，包括少数民族和妇女、不结盟运动会议的首次与会者、初级教员的学生和地域分布。基于成绩的标准包括1)对学生提交的演讲摘要进行同行评审的评估，2)学生导师的推荐信，以及3)学生的简历。获奖者将参加整个会议，并在适当情况下通过协助会议的组织为会议提供服务。除了科学学习之外，NAM28还将为学生与会者提供建立网络、社交互动和非正式讨论的机会。这次会议对来自美国机构的研究生的职业发展工具尤其有益，他们将成为未来美国化学、燃料和环境可持续性产业的骨干。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。

The project provides travel assistance for approximately 54 graduate students from U.S. universities to attend the 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM28) in Providence, Rhode Island, June 18-23, 2023. Catalysis has long served as a critical industrial and environmental technology for facilitating the efficient and targeted conversion of raw materials to fuels and chemical products, while also remediating waste products and pollutants. The NAM meetings are the premier U.S. conference in the areas of catalysis, surface science and catalytic reaction engineering. The meetings bring together academic, industrial, and government laboratory researchers to share the latest technical advances through oral and poster presentations, as well as plenary talks, panel discussions, and topical workshops addressing key challenges in the field of catalysis. Graduate student attendance is critical for providing opportunities for the students to present their own research while learning of recent advances in the field and new directions in catalysis research enabling critical technologies related to renewable and sustainable energy for chemical manufacturing, alternative fuels, and environmental remediation. The meeting will also provide networking and collaboration opportunities for the graduate students as they plan their post-graduate careers. Financial assistance to graduate students will be through the Kokes Travel Award program. NSF funding covers the registration fee and hotel costs – together totaling $933 per student for the 5 conference days. A total of 54 students have been identified to receive NSF travel assistance from a total of 145 awardees (based on expected funding from the North American Catalysis Society and other government funding sources in addition to NSF) and a cumulative award budget of $145,000. The awardees are selected based on a rigorous review process from 288 student applications based primarily on merit, but with consideration of need-based criteria that will enable the Kokes Awards committee to ensure appropriate representation from underrepresented groups, including minorities and women, first-time attendees to the NAM meeting, students of junior faculty, and geographical distribution. Merit-based criteria include 1) peer-reviewed evaluation of the student's submitted presentation abstract, 2) a letter of recommendation from the student's adviser, and 3) the student's CV. The awardees are expected to attend the entire conference and provide service to the conference through assisting in the organization of the meeting as appropriate. In addition to scientific learning, NAM28 will provide student attendees opportunities for networking, social interaction and informal discussions. The meeting is particularly beneficial as a career development tool for graduate students from U.S. institutions, who will form the backbone of the future U.S. chemicals, fuels, and environmental sustainability industries.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.