NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium

摘要AST 0701849 Jeffrey肯尼（PI）、Nathan McCrady（共同PI）、玛丽McSwain（共同PI）、Erik Rosolowsky（共同PI）Jeffrey肯尼博士（耶鲁大学），沿着与共同PI内森麦克雷迪（加州大学洛杉矶分校），玛丽麦克斯温（耶鲁大学），埃里克·罗索洛夫斯基（哈佛-史密森学会CfA）获得资金，组织和进行NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金第五届年度研讨会（AAPF）计划。研讨会将于2007年1月5日至6日在华盛顿州的西雅图举行，届时将汇集AAPF研究员、教师导师、AAPF潜在申请人和天文学界感兴趣的成员。这将使研究员能够介绍他们的研究和教育活动，并更好地确定如何丰富研究金本身的经验。此外，研究员将有机会在专题讨论会期间与同事建立跨学科项目。将教育活动纳入研究员的研究工作，使研究金方案产生了广泛的影响。许多研究员参加K-12/公众外联活动，从而提高了公众对科学的兴趣。研讨会将使研究员不仅在他们自己之间，而且还与教师导师和其他与会者分享他们的想法和经验。今年的研讨会特别值得注意的是美国天文学会和美国物理教师协会的联席会议（紧随AAPF研讨会之后），这将导致对科学教育感兴趣的研讨会的潜在与会者更加丰富，因此，有机会接触到比以前更广泛的观众。

ABSTRACT AST 0701849 Jeffrey Kenney (PI), Nathan McCrady (co-PI), Mary McSwain (co-PI), Erik Rosolowsky (co-PI) Dr. Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), along with co-PIs Nathan McCrady (UCLA), Mary McSwain (Yale University), and Erik Rosolowsky (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) are awarded funds to organize and conduct the fifth annual symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) program. The symposium, to be held January 5-6, 2007 in Seattle, WA, will bring together the AAPF fellows, faculty mentors, prospective AAPF applicants, and interested members of the astronomical community. This will allow the fellows to present their research and educational activities, and better establish ways to enrich the fellowship experience itself. Additionally, fellows will obtain opportunities to establish interdisciplinary projects with colleagues during the symposium. The integration of educational activities into the research efforts of the fellows provides for a broad impact of the fellowship program. Many fellows participate in K-12/public outreach activities, leading to enhancement of the public's interest in science. The symposium will allow the fellows to share their ideas and experiences, not only among themselves, but also with faculty mentors and with others in attendance. Of particular note for this year's symposium is the joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers (which immediately follows the AAPF symposium), which should result in an even richer pool of potential attendees to the symposium interested in science education and, thus, the chance to reach an even broader audience than in previous symposia.