Travel Support for the 5th International Penguin Conference; September 6-10, 2004; Ushuaia, Argentina

该奖项将为参加企鹅生物学国际会议的年轻科学家和学生提供旅费。这次会议将汇集来自15个国家的研究人员，这是科学家关注企鹅研究的主要国际会议。这些旅行基金的接受者将是研究生和资历较浅、知名度较低的科学家，他们参加会议将使他们接触到南极企鹅的研究，否则他们可能不会在典型的野生动物生物学会议上遇到这些研究。研究南极企鹅的科学家通常来自非学术机构，几乎没有机会招收学生。因此，该奖项将有助于确保未来几代美国科学家在其职业生涯的早期获得与南极物种有关的专业经验，并将鼓励他们在未来参与和合作南极研究。

This award will support travel for young scientists and students to attend an international conference on penguin biology. This meeting will bring together investigators from 15 countries, and it is the primary international conference for scientists focusing on penguin research. The recipients of these travel funds will be graduate students and junior, less established scientists, and their participation in the meeting will expose them to research on Antarctic penguins, which they might otherwise not encounter at a typical wildlife biology meeting. The scientists who study Antarctic penguins typically come from non-academic institutions with little opportunity to take on students. Therefore, this award will help ensure that future generations of U.S. scientists gain professional experience with Antarctic species early in their careers, and will encourage them to participate and collaborate in Antarctic research in the future.