Society for Conservation Biology Request for Graduate Student Travel Support

本项目向美国国家科学基金会申请15000美元，资助15名研究生和博士后参加于2002年7月14日至19日在英国坎特伯雷肯特大学举行的保护生物学学会年会。参加者将根据保护生物学问题的概念意义进行选择，包括：研究设计和分析的质量；研究对解决环境问题的适用性；书面组织和数据展示；申请人的优点和可行性；为什么她（他）的研究将通过参加英国会议而得到实质性的加强，以及他将如何在返回美国后传播从经验中获得的结果。（通过会议上建立的网络或通过SCB的地方分会）。与会者将共同撰写一篇关于会议的文章，发表在2002年11月的商业银行通讯上。

Project SummaryThis proposal seeks $ 15,000 from NSF to support fifteen $ 1,000 graduate student andpostdoctoral travel stipends for participation in the Society for Conservation Biologyannual meeting at the University of Kent in Canterbury, U.K., July 14-19, 2002.Participants will be selected based on the conceptual significance of the conservationbiology issue addressed including: quality of the research design and analysis;applicability of the research to environmental problem solving; written organization anddata presentation; merit and feasibility of the applicant’s rationale for why her(his) research will be substantially enhanced through participation in the U.K. meeting,as well as how (s)he will disseminate results from the experience upon return to the U.S.(e.g., through networks developed at the meeting or through local chapters of the SCB).Participants will co-author an article about the meeting for the November, 2002, SCBNewsletter.