(GRGC) Support of Travel to XIV Congress International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), August 1995, Berlin, Germany

(GRGC) 支持参加国际第四纪研究联盟 (INQUA) 第十四届大会，1995 年 8 月，德国柏林

• 批准号: 9418132
• 负责人: A. F. Spilhaus, Jr.
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: American Geophysical Union
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-05-01 至 1996-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9418132&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GRGC; Support; Travel; XIV; Congress

9418132 Spilhaus Pressing national concerns with Global Change and the mitigation of natural hazards are leading to increased importance for research on the environments of the recent geological past. International collaboration has become essential for the analysis of important scientific problems related to these issues. This project will support the participation of about 50 key U.S. researchers, including new-career scholars, at the XIV Congress of the international Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) in Berlin, Germany, August 2-10, 1995. Owing to its strong multidisciplinary tradition, INQUA has direct relevance to seven programs within NSF. The scientific contacts achieved at this meeting and the related scientific field excursions will be invaluable for enhancing understanding of the dynamic earth system at a critical point. The habitability of the planet depends of this understanding and its application to real Earth problems within the coming decade or so. A similar travel grant program supported attendance by 32 U.S. Quaternary scientists (including ten delegates) at INQUA XIII in Beijing in 1991. The U.S. with a total attendance of 108 scientists made a strong showing, especially in the areas of paleoclimatic modeling, oceanography and paleoecology. Numerous favorable written reports (available for scrutiny on demand) by the scientists whose travel was subsidized clearly attest to the long- term value of such international meetings and the scientific contacts they foster.

9418132斯皮尔豪斯对全球变化和减轻自然灾害的紧迫国家关切正导致对最近地质历史环境的研究变得更加重要。国际合作对于分析与这些问题有关的重要科学问题至关重要。该项目将支持包括新职业学者在内的大约50名美国关键研究人员参加1995年8月2-10日在德国柏林举行的国际第四纪研究联盟(INQUA)第十四届大会。由于其深厚的多学科传统，INQUA与NSF内的七个项目直接相关。这次会议所取得的科学联系和相关的科学实地考察对于在关键时刻增进对动态地球系统的了解将是非常宝贵的。这颗行星的宜居性取决于这种理解，以及它在未来十年左右的时间里对现实地球问题的应用。1991年，一项类似的旅行补助计划资助了32名美国第四纪科学家(包括10名代表)参加在北京举行的INQUA XIII会议。共有108名科学家参加的美国在古气候模拟、海洋学和古生态领域表现强劲。获得旅行补贴的科学家所作的大量有利的书面报告(可根据需要进行审查)清楚地证明了此类国际会议及其促进的科学联系的长期价值。