Travel support for US scientists to attend GR18/Amaldi7

该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2007年7月8日至14日在澳大利亚悉尼联合举行的第18届广义相对论和引力国际会议（GR 18）和第7届爱德华多·阿马尔迪（Amaldi 7）引力波会议。自20世纪50年代末以来，“GR”会议每三年定期举行一次，目前全球约有500-1000名研究人员参加。 阿马尔迪会议自1999年以来每两年举行一次，是引力波科学发展领域最重要的国际会议。 该奖项的目的是让美国在联合会议上有一个强大的存在，并让美国研究人员保持与其领域的最新发展。 这些资金将由美国领先的研究人员组成的委员会分配，包括部分旅行支持，利用研究人员可能拥有的其他资金来源有效利用NSF资源。 将鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族申请。 这一建议的广泛影响将体现在人力资源的准备方面。 将特别优先考虑年轻研究人员的申请。 出席重大国际会议是该领域新一代美国研究人员准备的一个形成性事件。

This award supports the participation of US scientists at 18th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR18) and the 7th Eduardo Amaldi (Amaldi7) meeting on Gravitational Waves to be held jointly in Sydney, Australia, July 8-14, 2007. The "GR" meetings have been held regularly every three years since the late 1950's and now involve approximately 500-1000 researchers worldwide. The Amaldi meetings have been held every 2 years since 1999 and represent the most important international venue for the developing field of gravitational wave science. The purpose of this award is to allow a strong US presence at the joint meeting and to allow US researchers to keep current with the latest developments in their fields. The funds will be distributed by a committee of leading US researchers and will consist of partial travel support, leverage to an efficient leveraging of NSF resources with other sources of funding that researchers might have. Women and underrepresented minorities will be encouraged to apply. The broad impact of this proposal will be in the preparation of human resources. Special preference will be given to applications from young researchers. Attendance at major international conferences is a formative event in the preparation of the new generation of US researchers in the field.