The Sun: A Laboratory for Astrophysics to be held June 16-29, 1991 in Crieff, Scotland

在美国天文学界的人口统计中，一个持续存在的问题是缺乏高质量的年轻太阳物理学家。太阳天文学家的平均年龄是所有天文学学科中最高的，这一问题由于美国缺乏积极支持太阳研究的学术机构而加剧。首席研究员（PI）试图通过北约高级研究机构在苏格兰为期两周的暑期课程来缓解这一问题。本课程将汇集太阳物理学各个分支学科的专家，向研究生讲授各自领域中技术和概念的重要进展。该课程的详细笔记将由天文学家撰写，并将提供给学生和其他感兴趣的团体。大约80%的课程费用将由北约ASI支付。然而，由于ASI课程的国际学生分布受到某些限制，PI要求国家科学基金会提供额外的旅行支持。希望这个暑期课程能够缓解美国年轻太阳天文学家的短缺，并有助于突出这个学科中存在了至少20年的人口问题。

A continuing problem in the demographics of the U.S. astronomical community is the scarcity of high-quality young solar physicists. The average age of solar astronomers is among the highest of any astronomical discipline, and this problem is aggravated by the dearth of U.S. academic institutions that actively support solar research. The Principal Investigator (PI) seeks to alleviate this problem through a two-week, NATO Advanced Study Institute summer course in Scotland. This course would bring together experts in various subdisciplines of solar physics to teach graduate students the important advances in techniques in concepts in their fields. Detailed notes from the course would be written by the astronomers, and would be made available to the students and other interested parties. Some 80% of the expenses for this course will be paid by the NATO ASI. However, owing to certain restrictions on the international distribution of students in ASI courses, the PI is requesting additional support for travel from the NSF. It is hoped that this summer course will alleviate the scarcity of young solar astronomers in the U.S. and will help highlight the demographic problem in this discipline that has existed for at least two decades.