Engaging United States Scholars in International Geographic Research and Scientific Leadership: Support for Participation in International Geographical Union Events, 2012-2016

在当今高度全球化的社会中，新知识的产生要求科学家和学者、大学、研发企业和联邦机构促进国际研究合作，以此作为提高智力和提高竞争力的一种方式。美国地理学家协会（AAG）将继续通过国际地理联合会（IGU）赞助的正式活动，帮助美国地理学家发展国际合作。该奖项将通过部分旅费支持145名美国地理学者（72名初级学者和73名高级学者）参加2012年和2016年的IGU大会以及在此期间举行的三次IGU区域会议。有30位学者将参加2012年在德国科隆举行的IGU大会，25位学者将参加在日本京都（2013年）、波兰克拉科夫（2014年）、俄罗斯莫斯科（2015年）举行的各区域会议，40位学者将参加2016年在中国北京举行的IGU大会。通过该奖项提供的支持将通过刺激学术出版物为个人研究人员和更广泛的地理社区带来好处；通过促进跨国合作研究和改善地理教育。该奖项还将有助于人力资源开发，包括国际科学领导和广泛丰富美国地理学和相关领域。美国地理学家广泛参与这些国际地理联合会主办的会议，将加强美国与国际学者的联系。通过参与国际活动，为早期职业学者提供专业发展机会。在对以前支持过IGU会议的个人进行的后续调查中，80%的受访者表示，他们的教学活动因其国际经验的参与而得到加强。这些成功表明，这一旅行支持计划可以帮助发展合作，从而形成一个技术知识库，将研究和开发转化为解决社会问题的有用应用。美国学者还获得了独特的机会，通过与会议有帮助的地区建立伙伴关系，进行拓展、积极参与和改进研究项目。

The generation of new knowledge in today's highly globalized society requires scientists and scholars, universities, R&D business, and federal agencies to promote international research collaborations as a way to enhance intellectual capacity and increase competitiveness. The Association of American Geographers (AAG) will continue to help geographers in t he United States develop international collaboration through formal activities sponsored by the International Geographic Union (IGU). This award will support 145 United States geographic scholars (72 junior and 73 senior scholars) through partial-travel support to attend IGU Congresses in 2012 and 2016 and three IGU regional conferences in the intervening years. Thirty scholars will attend the IGU Congress in Koln, Germany in 2012, 25 scholars will attend each of the regional conferences in Kyoto, Japan (2013), Krakow, Poland (2014), Moscow, Russia (2015), and 40 scholars will attend the 2016 IGU Congress in Beijing, China. The support provided through this award will provide benefits to individual researchers and the broader geographic community by stimulating scholarly publications; by fostering collaborative, multinational research and improving geographic education. The award also will contribute to human resource development, including international scientific leadership and the broad enrichment of geography and related fields in the U.S.Widespread participation of U.S. geographers in these International Geographical Union-sponsored conferences will strengthen U.S. ties with international scholars. Early-career scholars are provided professional development opportunities through participation in international events. In follow-up surveys of individuals supported with previous support to IGU conferences, 80 percent of the respondents stated that their teaching activities were enhanced by their participation by their international experiences. Such successes demonstrate that this travel-support program can help develop collaborations that result in a technical knowledge base that can translate research and development into useful applications for solving societal problems. American scholars also are provided with unique opportunities for outreach, positive engagement, and improved research programs through partnerships in the regions where the conferences are help.