Conference: Student and Young Scientist Travel to the 7th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. Johns Newfoundland, Canada; July 18-22, 2006

第七届国际鱼类生物学大会将于2006年7月18日至22日在加拿大纽芬兰圣约翰的费尔蒙酒店举行。这些两年一次的大会的知识价值是传播有关鱼类有机生物学及其社会影响的基本科学知识。此外，大会的目标是促进全世界许多国家各级、各学科科学家之间的信息交流。申请的资金将用于支持学生，博士后研究人员和一年级教师的旅行，以使他们能够在国际会议上展示他们的研究成果。过去的大会至少有25%的研究生和博士后研究人员，因为这些新科学家在新成果和热情方面可以提供很多东西，但拥有最少的财政资源来支持会议的旅行。它还为学生和初学者提供了与来自世界各地的领先鱼类生理学家和生物学家互动的机会，代表40多个国家。计划举办的专题讨论会包括有关基本鱼类生物学、生理学、鱼类对环境挑战的反应、鱼类健康以及功能生物学家感兴趣的其他主题的介绍。拟议工作的更广泛影响是，将丰富众多不同的年轻科学家的科学经验，鼓励他们从事生物学职业，并鼓励代表人数不足的少数群体竞争参加会议的资源。将根据候选人提交的摘要的科学质量和相关性以及财政需要对候选人进行评估。

The 7th International Congress on the Biology of Fish will be held July 18-22, 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel in St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. The intellectual merit of thesebiennial Congresses has been to disseminate basic scientific knowledge about the organismal biology of fishes and its societal implications. In addition, the objective of the Congress is to foster an environment of informational exchange among scientists at all levels, disciplines and from many countries around the world. The funds requested will be used to support travel for students, postdoctoral researchers and first-year faculty, in order to allow them to present their research results at an international meeting. Past Congresses have comprised of at least 25% graduate students and postdoctoral researchers as these new scientists have the much to offer, in terms of new results and enthusiasm, but possess the least financial resources to support travel to meetings. It also gives students and beginning investigators the chance to interact with leading fish physiologists and organismal biologists from around the world, representing over 40 nations. Symposia planned include presentations relating to basic fish biology, physiology, fish response to environmental challenges, fish health, and other topics of interest to functional biologists. The broader impact of the proposed work is that the scientific experience will be enriched for numerous, diverse junior scientists, encouraging them to pursue careers in biology and that underrepresented minorities will be encouraged to compete for the resources to attend the meeting. Candidates for travel awards will be evaluated on a combination of scientific quality and relevance of their submitted abstracts and financial need.