NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow 2012 Symposium

该奖项将为2012年1月7日至8日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的美国国家科学基金会天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金（AAPF）计划第十届年度研讨会的与会者和特邀演讲者提供支持。AAPF计划的目的是将博士后水平的研究和教育活动结合起来，使研究员更好地为科学事业做好准备。年度研讨会为研究员提供了一个讨论他们的研究和教学或推广项目的场所，同时增加了他们在天文学和天体物理学界的曝光率。研讨会是AAPF计划的一个重要组成部分，作为一种机制，促进研究员在其活动过程中获得的知识转移到广泛的受众。与本系列之前的研讨会一样，2012年的AAPF研讨会将促进有着不同兴趣和背景的天文学家之间的互动。通过创建一个论坛，在这个论坛中，讨论可以跨越由子学科定义的标准边界，这为新的见解和发展新的跨学科合作的能力提供了很大的机会。研讨会还将为讨论对早期职业天文学家很重要的其他问题提供一个场所。此外，研讨会将(1)提供一个讨论研究与教学结合的论坛，(2)促进AAPF研究员之间在研究和教育方面的合作，(3)为研究员和天文学界的奖学金项目提供机会。

This award will provide support for attendees and invited speakers for the tenth annual symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) program, to be held in Austin, TX on January 7-8, 2012. The purpose of the AAPF program is to integrate research and educational activities at the postdoctoral level, to better prepare the fellows for a scientific career. The Annual Symposium provides a venue for fellows to discuss their research and teaching or outreach projects while increasing their exposure within the astronomy and astrophysics community. The symposium represents a key component of the AAPF program, acting as a mechanism to facilitate knowledge transfer from experiences the fellows have obtained in the course of their activities to a broad audience. As with the previous symposia in this series, the AAPF symposium for 2012 will promote interactions among astronomers with very different interests and backgrounds. By creating a forum in which discussions can occur across the standard boundaries defined by sub-discipline, there is great opportunity for new insights and the ability to develop new interdisciplinary collaborations. The symposium will also provide a venue for discussing other issues that are important to early career astronomers. In addition, the symposium will (1) provide a forum for discussing the combination of research and teaching, (2) facilitate collaborations between AAPF fellows on both research and education, and (3) provide exposure for the fellows and the fellowship program within the astronomical community.