WE ARE REQUESTING A $15 000 CONTRIBUTION FROM NASA TO SUPPORT TRAVEL FOR 30 UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE 2016 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AEROSOL RESEARCH (AAAR) ANNUAL CONFERENCE FROM OCTOBER 17TH-21ST. STUDENTS WHO ARE AN AUTHOR OR COAUTHOR ON AN ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT WOULD APPLY FOR THE GRANT THROUGH THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE AND THE NUMBER OF SELECTIONS WOULD BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE. IF THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS EXCEEDS THE FUNDS AVAILABLE SELECTIONS WILL BE BASED ON 1) THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT 2) THE IMPACT OF THE STUDENTS RESEARCH AND 3) ESTABLISHING A DIVERSITY OF STUDENT BACKGROUNDS AT THE MEETING. THE 2016 AAAR ANNUAL CONFERENCE DIRECTLY RELATES TO NASAS EARTH SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THROUGH IMPROVING OURUNDERSTANDING OF AEROSOLS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE. SINCE 1982 THIS CONFERENCE HAS PROVIDED A FORUM FOR SHARING AND DISCUSSING CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH ACROSS A VARIETY OF AEROSOL-RELATED DISCIPLINES. THROUGH THE PROPOSED GRANT TO SUBSIDIZE STUDENTPARTICIPATION NASA WILL BENEFIT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BY HELPING TO GIVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AEROSOL SCIENTISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THESE CUTTING-EDGE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AS WELL AS TO PRESENT THEIR OWN IDEAS.