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。美国渔业学会（AFS）生理学分会每两年举办一次国际鱼类生物学大会。它吸引了来自全球40多个国家的高水平的国际科学家代表团致力于鱼类研究。大会专题讨论会涵盖了从基础到应用鱼类生物学的广泛主题，并为旨在全球鱼类物种长期生存能力的思想的交叉受精提供了独特的环境。大会的优势之一一直是学生的参与；在上届大会上出席的544名代表中，有217名是学生。学生们的科学和报告的质量是卓越的，一直是会议的真正亮点。本申请的目的是为研究生和博士后水平的学生提供支持，以便他们前往并参加将于6月12日至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。申请NSF差旅资助的候选人将根据其摘要的科学质量、其主题与专题讨论会的相关性以及经济需要等综合因素进行评判。旅行奖励计划更广泛地促进了强大的科学基础设施的发展，涵盖了许多种族和性别的青年科学家。组织者的目标是继续促进代表性不足的学生在鱼类生理学的STEM领域取得成功。除了科学之外，大会期间还举行了几场专门针对学生的支持性会议；这些活动范围从出版/资助写作研讨会，到具体的指导和职业活动，以及旨在帮助学生发展专业网络的社会活动。会议记录以pdf格式提供，在AFS生理学部门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.