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特酒店举行。两年一次的大会的学术价值在于传播有关鱼类有机体生物学及其社会意义的基本科学知识。此外，大会的目标是在世界各国各级、各学科的科学家之间营造一个信息交流的环境。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，以便他们能够在国际会议上展示他们的研究成果。过去的大会由至少25%的研究生和博士后研究人员组成，因为这些新科学家在新的成果和热情方面可以提供很多东西，但却拥有最少的财政资源来支持会议的旅行。它还为学生和初级研究人员提供了与来自世界各地代表40多个国家的领先鱼类生理学家和生物生物学家互动的机会。计划的专题讨论会包括与基本鱼类生物学、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有关的报告。提议的工作的更广泛的影响是，科学经验将丰富许多不同的年轻科学家，鼓励他们追求生物学的职业生涯，并鼓励未被充分代表的少数民族竞争参加会议的资源。旅游奖的候选人将根据其提交的摘要的科学质量和相关性以及经济需求进行综合评估。

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.