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

鱼类是地球仪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）的生理学分会每两年举办一次国际鱼类生物学大会。它吸引了来自世界各地40多个国家的高素质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，并为旨在实现全球鱼类物种长期生存能力的想法提供了一个独特的环境。大会的优势之一一直是学生参与;在上次大会上出席的544名代表中，有217名是学生。学生们的科学和演讲的质量是例外的，一直是会议的真实的亮点。此应用程序的目标是为研究生和博士后水平的学生提供支持，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年国会。申请NSF旅行支持的候选人将根据其摘要的科学质量，其主题与研讨会的相关性以及财务需求进行评判。 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，包括许多种族和性别的初级科学家。组织者的目标是继续促进鱼类生理学中STEM领域代表性不足的学生的成功。除了科学有几个支持会议举行整个大会专门针对学生;这些范围从出版/赠款写作研讨会，以具体的指导和职业活动沿着旨在帮助学生发展他们的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.