Request for a Travel Grant for the XXVII International Ethological Conference, held in Tubingen Germany, August 22-29, 2001

两年一次的国际动物行为学大会向所有对动物行为学、动物行为和相关学科感兴趣的人开放。IEC是唯一一个研究动物行为各个方面的国际会议。在IEC会议上，该领域的覆盖范围总是很广，论文从神经生物学和神经化学到应用动物行为学和行为进化。IEC强调在所有动物群体和所有层次的分析中整合动物行为领域，而不是促进一种特定的观点或方法。它寻求整合纯行为学和应用行为学，实地和实验室方向，理论和经验方法，并汇集那些在其他分支学科，如鸟类学，爬虫学，哺乳动物学，昆虫学，灵长类学，体质人类学的工作。会议还努力从相关领域引进可以拓宽和加强行为研究的思想。尤其重要的是，让年轻科学家接触到这一观点，并接触到这次会议提供的智力刺激。他们需要与来自世界各地的行业领袖建立专业联系。随着许多领域的互动增加，不同国家的青年科学家之间进行国际对话的机会也不应被忽视。由于这些年轻的科学家通常在经济上有限，NSF的支持将部分支付这次会议的费用，这将大大提高他们对会议的参与，并使他们能够从这次经历中获得专业和智力上的回报。

The biennial meeting of the International Ethological Congress is open to all who are interested in ethology, animal behavior and related disciplines. The IEC is the only international gathering for those studying all aspects of animal behavior. The coverage of the field at IEC conferences is always broad, with papers ranging from neurobiology and neurochemistry to applied animal ethology and behavioral evolution. The IEC emphasizes integration of the field of animal behavior across all animal groups and all levels of analysis rather than promoting one particular point of view or methodology. It seeks to integrate pure and applied ethology, field and laboratory orientations, theoretical and empirical approaches and to bring together those working in other subdisciplines, such as ornithology, herpetology, mammalogy, entomology, primatology, physical anthropology. The conference also makes an effort to bring in ideas from related fields that can broaden and strengthen the study of behavior. It is particularly important that young scientists be exposed to this perspective and to the intellectual stimulation that this conference provides. They need to establish professional contacts with leaders in their field from around the world. As interactions in many fields increase, this opportunity for international dialogue between young scientists of different countries should also not be overlooked. Because these young scientists are often financially limited, NSF support that would partially defray the costs of this conference will greatly enhance their participation in the conference and allow them to reap the professional and intellectual rewards of that experience.