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【组织简介】 Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit membership society of more than 80,000 scientists and engineers who were elected to the Society because of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi has more than 500 chapters at universities and colleges, government laboratories and industry research centers. In addition to publishing American Scientist, Sigma Xi awards grants annually to promising young researchers, holds forums on critical issues at the intersection of science and society and sponsors a variety of programs supporting honor in science and engineering, science education, science policy and the public understanding of science.
Membership Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation. Those who have shown potential as researchers are invited to join as associate members. Full membership is conferred upon those who have demonstrated noteworthy achievements in research. Each year the Society initiates nearly 5,000 new members. Over the course of the Society's distinguished history, more than 170 members have won the Nobel Prize and many more have earned election to the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.
Sigma Xi Chapters Sigma Xi has more than 500 chapters in North America and around the world. Truly a grass-roots organization, Sigma Xi boasts an array of chapter activities that have noticeable impact not only at the local level, but at the national and international levels as well. The interdisciplinary nature of Sigma Xi chapters allows members to unite with colleagues and to address a range of issues that bridge the disciplines.
Programs and Activities Sigma Xi hosts an array of programs and activities. Many are administered directly through more than 500 local chapters. There are many long-standing programs of the Society, which continue to be central to the Society’s overall mission. These include American Scientist magazine, the 75 year old Grants-in-Aid of Research Program, a number of prestigious prizes and awards, and the college of Distinguished Lecturers. In conjunction with most annual meetings of the Society, Sigma Xi sponsors a forum on topics of critical importance to science and society. In addition, the growing portfolio of Sigma Xi programs include newer offerings that capitalize on the Society’s unique strengths and characteristics, such as the Media Resource Service and the Science Advocacy Program. Plans are under way for a research center to bring together scientists from various disciplines to study topical issues. This institute would be housed in the new Sigma Xi headquarters to be built in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Three initial areas of focus are science education and the public understanding of science, ethics and values in research, and the health of the research enterprise.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 99 Alexander Drive P.O. Box 13975 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 800-243-6534 or 919-549-4691 Fax: 919-549-0090
