Support for the 27th International Geographical Congress; Washington, D.C.; August 1992

近几十年来，地理学研究一直非常活跃，这使得由国际地理学联合会(IGU)主办的四年一度的大会成为地理学家和相关学科的学者会面交流最新研究成果和规划未来合作活动的极其重要的环境。政府间地理联盟第27届大会将于1992年8月在华盛顿特区举行，为美国地理学家提供了一个直接与世界其他地区的同事见面的绝佳机会。该奖项从两个方面为第27届国际地理大会(IGC)提供支持。首先，它从国家科学基金会提供财政援助，以抵消国会的规划和运营成本。其次，它提供了一种手段，其他联邦政府机构可以通过机构间协议提供财政支持，这些协议将为最初的奖励提供补充资金。这一奖项实际上是国家科学基金会奖SES-9000186的延续，但它是一个新的奖项，因为现在该奖项的财务管理责任将直接由第27届政府间理事会组委会处理。这一奖项将为世界各地最大和最重要的地理学家聚会的规划和运作提供宝贵的财政援助。正如过去IGU的活动一样，美国地理学家将加强学术研究和更多地参与国际合作活动。如果国家科学基金会能够协助将其他联邦机构的捐款输送到这项重要的活动中，这笔赠款的进一步积极影响将会得到实现。

Geographic research has been extremely dynamic in recent decades, making the quadrennial congresses sponsored by the International Geographical Union (IGU) extremely important settings at which geographers and scholars in related disciplines meet to exchange the most recent results of their research and to plan future collaborative activities. The 27th Congress of the IGU will be held in Washington, D.C., in August 1992, providing an excellent opportunity for American geographers to meet directly with colleagues from other parts of the world. This award provides support for the 27th International Geographical Congress (IGC) in two ways. First, it provides financial assistance from NSF to offset costs of planning and operating the congress. Second, it provides a means through which other federal governmental agencies may provide financial support through interagency agreements that will fund supplements to the initial award. This award is effectively a renewal of NSF Award SES-9000186, but it is made as a new award because financial responsibility for administration of the award now will be handled directly by the Organizing Committee of the 27th IGC. This award will provide valuable financial assistance for the planning and operation of the largest and most significant gathering of geographers from throughout the world. As has been true with past IGU activities, enhanced scholarship and increased involvement in international collaborative activities by American geographers will result. Further positive consequences of this grant will be realized if NSF can assist in channelling contributions from other federal agencies to this important activity.