Conference: Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation; January 12 - 16, 2009, Los Cabos, Mexico

该奖项将为2009年1月12日至16日在墨西哥洛斯卡沃斯举行的“下一代基本宇宙学”国际会议提供部分支持。它是由伯克利宇宙物理中心（BCCP）和墨西哥宇宙学高级研究所（IAC）联合主办的，前者是慕尼黑“宇宙结构和起源”的“卓越集群”，后者汇集了18个学术机构的45名研究人员。会议将把小型课程与全体会议和论文结合起来。组织者预计约有100名参与者，其中约有90名初级参与者（学生和博士后）。预计一半的参与者将来自墨西哥，其余来自美国和德国。美国国家科学基金会将为20名美国青年参与者提供一半的旅费、住宿费和注册费。与IAC和慕尼黑集群的合作将使美国学生和博士后接触到研究的国际方面。会议过程将进行网络直播并存档，以供日后观看，让更多的观众观看。会议期间计划为当地社区进行一次公开演讲。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会天文科学部及其国际科学与工程办公室联合颁发。

This award provides partial support for the international meeting "Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation" to be held in Los Cabos, Mexico from 12-16 January 2009. It is sponsored jointly by the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP), the Munich 'cluster of excellence' for "Structure and Origin of the Universe", and the Mexican Advanced Institute for Cosmology (IAC), an organization bringing together 45 researchers at 18 academic institutions. The meeting will combine mini-courses with plenary talks and contributed papers. The organizers expect about 100 attendees, with roughly 90 junior participants (students and postdocs). Half of the participants are expected to be from Mexico, with the rest from the US and Germany. NSF funding will cover half of the travel, lodging and registration costs for 20 US junior participants. The collaboration with IAC and with the Munich cluster will expose US students and postdocs to international aspects of research. Proceedings will be webcast and archived for later viewing, allowing a broader audience. A public talk for the local community is planned during the meeting. This award is made jointly by NSF's Astronomical Sciences Division and its Office of International Science and Engineering.