Student and young scientist presentations at the 10th International Congress on the Biology of Fish. July 15-19, 2012, Madison WI

鱼类是地球上最成功的脊椎动物，占目前脊椎动物多样性的50%以上，并提供越来越多的人类蛋白质需求。不幸的是，许多鱼类物种和种群受到人类活动的威胁，但与哺乳动物相比，我们对它们的基本生物学知识可以被认为是初级的。2012年《生物星球报告》将热带海洋和淡水列为过去40年来退化最严重的生态系统。管理、种植或拯救任何鱼类物种或种群的第一步是了解其基本的生物功能。这笔赠款旨在帮助早期职业科学家在唯一完全致力于了解鱼类如何工作的会议上展示他们的研究成果，这一会议是国际鱼类生物学大会(ICBF)。尽管有其他会议处理渔业管理问题，也有更广泛地关注脊椎动物功能的会议，但没有其他国际会议只关注鱼类的生物生物学。ICBF突出了创新的鱼类研究及其在解决社会和环境问题方面的应用。来自50多个国家的顶尖鱼类生理学家和生物学家出席了这次会议。在这次会议上展示他们的研究成果，并与更资深的科学家互动，是朝着建立下一代功能鱼类生物学家的职业生涯迈出的重要一步，他们将帮助解决下个世纪不可避免的鱼类相关问题。该会议奖将支持学生和研究人员的旅行。旅行奖的候选人将根据其摘要的科学性、与会议专题讨论会的相关性以及资金需求进行评估。每个候选人都要提交他们的摘要和对经济需求的描述。科学质量和相关性将由生理学部门执行委员会的成员或前几届大会的研讨会组织者进行评判。

Fishes are the most successful vertebrates on the planet, comprising more than 50% of current vertebrate diversity and supplying an ever-increasing percentage of human protein needs. Unfortunately, many fish species and populations are threatened by human activity and yet our knowledge of their basic biology can be considered rudimentary when compared with mammals. The 2012 "Living Planet Report" lists tropical marine and freshwaters as the most degraded ecosystems of the past 40 years. The first step towards managing, growing or saving any fish species or population is to understand its basic biological functioning. This grant is intended to help early career scientists present their research results at the only meeting devoted entirely to understanding how fish work, the International Congress on the Biology of Fish (ICBF). Although there are other meetings that deal with fisheries management issues, and meetings that focus more broadly on vertebrate function, no other international meeting focuses just on the organismal biology of fish. The ICBF highlights innovative fish research and its application to address societal and environmental issues. The meeting is attended by leading fish physiologists and organismal biologists from over 50 nations. Presenting their research results at this meeting and interacting with more senior scientists is an important step towards building the careers of the next generation of functional fish biologists who will help solve the inevitable fish-related problems of the next century. This conference award will support the travel of students and researchers. Candidates for travel awards will be evaluated on a combination of the scientific quality of their abstract, relevance to the symposia of the meeting, and financial need. Each candidate will submit their abstract and a description of financial need. Scientific quality and relevance will each be judged by members of the Physiology Section Executive Committee or symposia organizers from previous congresses.