Student Travel International Congress on the Biology of Fish, June 12-16th, 2016, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.

鱼类是全球人口的主要食物来源，对环境变化高度敏感。美国渔业协会(AFS)生理学分会每两年举行一次国际鱼类生物学大会。它吸引了来自世界上40多个国家的致力于鱼类研究的高素质国际科学家代表团。大会专题讨论会涵盖从基础鱼类生物学到应用鱼类生物学的广泛主题，并为交流旨在全球鱼类物种长期生存的想法提供了独特的环境。大会的优势之一一直是学生的参与；在出席上一届大会的544名代表中，有217名是学生。学生的科学和演讲质量出类拔萃，一直是会议的真正亮点。该应用程序的目标是为研究生和博士后水平的学生提供旅行和参加将于6月12-16日在德克萨斯州圣马科斯的德克萨斯州立大学举行的2016年大会的支持。申请NSF旅行资助的候选人将根据其摘要的科学性、主题与研讨会的相关性以及经济需求进行评判。旅行奖励计划更广泛地促进强大的科学基础设施的发展，涵盖了许多种族和性别的初级科学家。组织者的目标是继续在鱼类生理学的STEM领域培养代表不足的学生取得成功。除了科学之外，大会还专门为学生举办了几次支持性会议；这些会议的范围从出版物/赠款撰写讲习班到具体的指导和职业活动以及旨在帮助学生发展其专业网络的社会活动。大会的会议记录以PDF格式在AFS生理学部门的网站上免费向公众提供。

Fish are a primary food source for populations around the globe and are highly sensitive to environmental change. The Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) holds the International Congress on the Biology of Fish every two years. It attracts a high caliber international delegation of scientists dedicated to fish research from over 40 countries around the world. The Congress symposia cover a broad range of topics ranging from basic to applied fish biology and provide a unique environment for cross-fertilization of ideas aimed at the long term viability of global fish species. One of the strengths of the congress has always been student involvement; of the 544 delegates presenting at the last Congress, 217 were students. The quality of the students' science and presentations are exceptional and has always been real highlight of the meeting. The goal of this application is to provide support for students at the graduate and post-doctoral level to travel to and participate in the 2016 Congress to be held at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, June 12-16. Candidates applying for NSF travel support will be judged on a combination of the scientific quality of their abstract, the relevance of their subject matter to the symposia, and financial need. The travel award program more broadly promotes development of a strong scientific infrastructure, encompassing junior scientists of many ethnicities and genders. The organizers aim to continue to foster success of under represented students in the STEM fields within Fish Physiology. In addition to the science there are several supporting sessions held throughout the congress aimed specifically at students; these range from publication/grant writing workshops, to specific mentoring and career events along with social events aimed at assisting students to develop their professional networks. Proceedings of the Congress are supplied in PDF-format, free-of-charge to the public on the AFS Physiology division website.