International Conference on Infant Studies

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项会议旅行补助金申请的目的是获得资金，促进本科生参加2004年5月在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行的国际婴儿研究学会(ISIS)两年一度的会议。结合该学会开展的一项重大的本科生研究活动，我们要求为12名本科生出席会议的旅费提供部分资助。正如学会执行委员会所确定的那样，本科研究经验是滋养下一代婴幼儿研究人员的基础，增加现有机制的多样性，将最优秀和最聪明的本科生输送到该领域，对于婴幼儿研究领域的福祉和未来的成功至关重要。事实上，ISIS中许多最成功的学者最初是在本科生水平上参与婴儿期研究的。 为了加强本科生对ISIS各个方面的参与，学会已经建立了一个多管齐下的计划来支持本科生的婴儿期研究：我们已经成立了本科生研究常设委员会，我们已经创建了一个审查小组，其唯一目的是审查提交给2004年芝加哥会议的本科生论文，我们正在准备管理一个本科生论文竞赛，获胜者将在学会的旗舰期刊《婴儿期》上发表，我们提交这份申请的目的是为了支持本科生参加2004年的会议。尽管2004年ISIS会议将在美国境内举行，但学生旅行支持仍将为本科生提供参加会议的巨大激励，并提供其他方式无法获得的财政支持手段。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this conference travel grant application is to secure funds to facilitate undergraduate student involvement in the Biennial Meetings of the International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS), to be held in Chicago, IL, during May of 2004. In conjunction with a major undergraduate research initiative undertaken by the Society, we are requesting partial support of the travel expenses for 12 undergraduate students for attendance at the meetings. As determined by the Executive Committee of the Society, undergraduate research experiences form the substrate out of which the next generation of infancy researchers will be nourished, and it is essential for the well-being and future successes of the field of infancy research to increase the diversity of available mechanisms for funneling the best and brightest undergraduate students into the field. Indeed, many of the most successful scholars within ISIS first became involved with infancy research at the undergraduate level. With the goal of enhancing undergraduate participation in all aspects of ISIS, the Society has established a multi-pronged initiative to support undergraduate infancy research: we have established a standing Committee on Undergraduate Research, we have created a review panel for the sole purpose of reviewing undergraduate papers submitted for presentation at the 2004 meetings in Chicago, we are preparing to administer an undergraduate paper competition, the winner of which will be published in the Society's flagship journal "Infancy," and we are submitting this application with the aim of supporting undergraduate student attendance at the 2004 conference. Although the 2004 ISIS meeting will be held within the United States, student travel support still will provide an enormous incentive for undergraduate students to attend the conference, and provide a means of fiscal support not otherwise available.