Experimental NMR Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：实验核磁共振会议（ENC）是致力于核磁共振波谱技术方面和应用的首要年度科学会议，包括溶液态，固态和成像方法及其在物理，化学，材料科学和生物学中的应用。第46届国际扶轮年会将于2005年4月10日至4月15日在扶轮州普罗维登斯举行。来自美国和其他国家的大约1400名科学家将出席会议，其中包括研究生、博士后研究员和资深科学家。大约250名与会者是研究生。会议由全体会议和海报会议组成。全体会议包括邀请演讲者和宣传海报讲座。会议期间将举行约45场邀请全体会谈和20场宣传海报会谈。会议期间将展示约600张海报。会议的重点是核磁共振波谱的新技术发展和应用。ENC是美国唯一一个涵盖该领域所有方面的主要会议，包括溶液态、固态和成像方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Experimental NMR Conference (ENC) is the premier annual scientific meeting devoted to technical aspects and applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including solution-state, solid-state, and imaging methods and applications in physics, chemistry, materials science, and biology. The 46th ENC will be held April 10, 2005 through April 15, 2005 in Providence, RI. Attendance at the meeting will be approximately 1,400 scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior scientists, from the U.S. and other countries. Approximately 250 of the attendees are graduate students. The meeting is comprised of plenary and poster sessions. Plenary sessions include invited speakers and promoted poster talks. Approximately 45 invited plenary talks and 20 promoted poster talks are scheduled during the meeting. Approximately 600 posters are presented during the meeting. The focus of the meeting is new technical developments and applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The ENC is the only major conference in the U.S. in which all aspects of the field, including solution-state, solid-state, and imaging methods, are presented. For many years the ENC has funded a student travel stipend program to enable graduate students to attend the ENC. Historically, funds have been obtained from two sources: a percentage of conference registration fees and contributions from companies. Attending the ENC is an important supplement to graduate education in NMR spectroscopy: the ENC provides a graduate student with unparalleled exposure to the full range of the field and its practitioners and enables students to present their own work to the widest possible audience. At present, only some 65 students (both U.S. and international), representing 25% of the graduate student attendees, can be provided with travel stipends. Support is requested from the National Institutes of Health to enable the ENC to expand the student travel stipend program by approximately 10 to 15 students. This would permit an increased number of deserving students to attend the conference.