Travel Award Program

Updated 10/30/2016

Overview

Travel Icon This award program ended September 30, 2016. From 2003 - 2011, the Travel Award Program was part of the Materials Computation Center (NSF DMR 03-25939), then part of the World Materials Network (NSF Award 11-07472) from 2011-2016. Professor David Ceperley was the Principal Investigator.

The motivation for this program is to maximize the strengths of US and European research initiatives. While the US is strong in innovative techniques and high-performance computing, the European strength lies in applications of existing methodology; a larger number of researchers there develop computer codes and perform materials simulations. The Travel Program has partnered with two European/UK research groups, CECAM and Psi-K, who hold workshops and schools on topics in materials research, such as molecular and electronic simulation, condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, polymers, nanostructures, and electronic materials.

From 2011-2016, the program has funded 156 trips for young scientists from 136 different U.S. institutions, to participate in 83 workshops.

Sending young, U.S.-based scientists to these international workshops enhances scientific partnerships in a immediate, productive way. Specific benefits awardees have described are:

Summary of workshops attended 2004-2016

Awardees participated in workshops in 15 countries and regions: Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Switzerland.

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List of Institutions 2004-2016

Awardees have come from about 120 institutions, including: