Support for US Astronomers to Attend International Scientific Conferences and the 30th IAU General Assembly

支持美国天文学家出席国际科学会议和第30届国际天文学联合会大会

• 批准号: 1821862
• 负责人: Kevin Marvel
• 金额: $ 38.25万
• 依托单位: American Astronomical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1821862&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; US; Astronomers; Attend; International

Astronomy is a fully international endeavor; we all share the same sky. To participate in the international scientific community, American researchers must meet and collaborate with researchers from around the world. Every three years, the International Astronomical Union has a General Assembly accompanied by topical symposia, joint discussions, working groups, and business meetings. The next such meeting will be held in August 2018. In order to ensure a vigorous participation by the US astronomical community, this award will fund small travel grants to enable approximately 150 US astronomers to attend the General Assembly. This award will also provide small travel grants to approximately 50 US astronomers per year to attend various international meetings over the next 3 years. Preference will be given to early-career astronomers and astronomers from less-endowed institutions. Scientists supported by this program will come from a wide range of educational institutions, museums, planetariums, etc. The experiences they gain from this meeting will be shared with a broad segment of the US population, exposing them to the global nature of astronomy and the importance of international collaboration to the advancement of science and technology.The small travel grant program will be administered by the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the principal professional organization for US astronomers. They have very successfully and economically administered similar programs in the past, and the proposed procedures ensure that these funds will provide the maximum benefit to the astronomical community at minimal cost. The AAS will solicit proposals, select awardees, issue funds to be used for airfare only, collect receipts and meeting reports from the grantees, and prepare a final assessment and report on the entire program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

天文学是一项全面的努力。我们都共享相同的天空。为了参与国际科学界，美国研究人员必须与来自世界各地的研究人员见面并合作。国际天文联盟每三年就有一个大会伴随着局部研讨会，联合讨论，工作组和商务会议。下一次此类会议将于2018年8月举行。为了确保美国天文学界的大力参与，该奖项将资助小型旅行赠款，以使大约150名美国天文学家能够参加大会。该奖项还将为每年约50名美国天文学家提供小型旅行赠款，以参加未来3年的各种国际会议。 偏爱将偏向于较尊敬的机构的早期职业天文学家和天文学家。该计划支持的科学家将来自广泛的教育机构，博物馆，天文馆等。他们从这次会议中获得的经验将与大量的美国人口共享，使他们对天文学的全球性质以及国际合作对科学和技术的协作的重要性。他们过去曾经过非常成功和经济管理的类似计划，并且提议的程序确保这些资金将以最低的成本为天文学社区带来最大收益。 AAS将征求提案，精选的获奖者，颁发仅用于机票的资金，收集收入和会议的收入报告，并准备有关整个计划的最终评估和报告。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力和更广泛的影响来通过评估来获得支持的人，并被认为是值得的。