Graduate Student Travel Support for CliC Meeting in Beijing, 2005

该提案将为大约五名来自美国机构的研究生到中国北京参加第一届气候和冰冻圈国际科学会议提供往返机票的资金。会议的主要赞助商是气候和冰冻圈（CliC）项目，它是在世界气候研究计划（WCRP）和南极研究科学委员会（SCAR）下设立的作为协调作为全球气候系统组成部分的冰研究的机制。旅费赠款的接受者将由一个由五名公认的极地气候专家组成的小组从一批申请人中挑选，这些人的会议摘要已被接受。 选择标准将包括摘要的科学内容，地理和其他多样性考虑，以及与CLIC项目领域的相关性。首席研究员是美国极地研究界公认的领导者，并参与了许多关于北极和南极冰川学和气候的研究。 他推动了我们对冰冻圈气候影响的许多思考，该提案进一步推动了让年轻极地科学家参与国际研究界的方案兴趣，并促进了各级的科学互动。

This proposal will provide funds for the support of round trip air travel of approximately five graduate students from U.S. institutions to Beijing, China, to participate in the First Climate and Cryosphere International Science Conference.The primary sponsor of the conference is the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project, which was established under the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) as a mechanism to coordinate the study of ice as an integral part of the global climate system.The selection of recipients of the travel grant will be conducted by a panel of five recognized polar climate experts, from a pool of applicants who have an accepted abstract for the meeting. Selection criteria will include the scientific content of the abstract, geographic and other diversity considerations, and relevance to CliC project areas. The principal investigator is the acknowledged leader of the U.S. polar research community, and has participated in a number of studies of both arctic and antarctic glaciology and climate. He has been responsible for many of the advances in our thinking about the climatic effects of the cryosphere.The proposal furthers programmatic interests in involving young polar scientists with the international research community, and fostering scientific interaction at all levels.