Support of US Scientific Participation in the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)

该奖项为美国海洋科学家，特别是学术研究领域的科学家提供部分资金，以参与北太平洋海洋科学组织(PICES)的活动。该组织成立于1992年，目的是促进和协调海洋科学研究，以增进对北太平洋海洋生物资源、陆地-海洋和大气-海洋相互作用、生态系统组成部分和进程、资源利用、海洋对全球天气和气候变化的反应以及人类影响的了解。目前成员包括加拿大、中国、日本、韩国、俄罗斯和美国。美国科学家参加年度会议、科学委员会工作组和研讨会的资金也将通过该奖项获得。差旅资金的可获得性不仅为大规模国际合作的科学规划提供了影响，还提供了让同事和研究生参与研究合作、科学会议和研讨会的机会。北太平洋的规模需要广泛的合作，而国际合作的学术价值使人们更好地理解不同的科学家如何处理他们的研究。让美国和外国的年轻科学家参与这些合作是PICS的能力建设战略之一，也是通过欣赏多样化的跨文化科学方法对美国科学产生更广泛影响的战略。资金已经为这个项目增加了足够的资金，为参加PICES年会的年轻(35岁)学术科学家提供全面的旅行支持。有了来自PICS的等额资金，这将允许每年3000名年轻的学术科学家参与。

This award provides partial funding for U.S. ocean scientists, particularly those in the academic research community, to participate in the activities of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). This organization was established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine scientific research in order to advance knowledge of living marine resources, land-ocean and atmosphere-ocean interactions, ecosystem components and processes, resource usage, ocean response to global weather and climate change, and human impacts in the North Pacific. Members presently include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Participation by U.S. scientists in Annual Meetings, scientific committee working groups and workshops, will also be funded through this award. The availability of travel funds not only provides influence on the scientific planning for large scale international collaborations, but also provides the opportunity to entrain colleagues and graduate students into research collaborations, scientific sessions, and workshops. The scale of the North Pacific Ocean demands broad collaboration, and the intellectual merits of international collaboration leads to increased understanding of how diverse scientists address their research. Entrainment of young scientists from both the US and foreign countries into these collaborations represents one of the capacity building strategies of PICES, and one which has a broader impact on US science through appreciation of the diverse multicultural approaches to science. Funds have been add sufficient funds to this project to provide full travel support for young (35 yr of age) academic scientists to the PICES annual meeting. With matching funds from PICES this will allow participation by 3 young academic scientists annually.