Seventeenth Annual Symposium of the NSF Astronomyand Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows

该奖项将为第17届NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后研究员年度研讨会的与会者和特邀演讲者提供支持，该研讨会将与2019年1月在华盛顿州西雅图举行的美国天文学会冬季会议同时举行。天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金计划(AAPF)的目的是支持博士后水平的综合研究和教育活动，以更好地为其研究员在科学界担任杰出和领导职位做准备。年度研讨会为研究人员提供了一个论坛，讨论他们的研究和教育项目，同时提高他们在天文学和天体物理学领域的知名度。研讨会是AAPF方案的一个重要组成部分，是一个非常有效的机制，可以促进研究员通过博士后培训获得的知识和经验的转移。与本系列之前的研讨会一样，2019年AAPF研讨会将促进具有不同研究兴趣和背景的天文学家之间的互动。通过创建一个可以跨越传统研究边界进行讨论的论坛，研讨会将为研究员提供获得新见解和进行跨学科合作的机会。研讨会还将提供一个讨论对早期天文学家重要的重大问题的场所。此外，研讨会将(1)提供一个讨论综合研究和教育活动的论坛，(2)促进院士之间在研究和教育方面的合作，以及(3)为院士和AAPF计划在天文学社区内提供更大的曝光率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will provide support for the attendees and invited speakers for the seventeenth Annual Symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows, to be held in conjunction with the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 2019, in Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) Program is to support integrated research and education activities at the postdoctoral level to better prepare its fellows for positions of distinction and leadership in the scientific community. The Annual Symposium provides a forum for the Fellows to discuss their research and education projects while increasing their visibility within the astronomy and astrophysics community. The Symposium represents a key component of the AAPF Program and is a very effective mechanism to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experience that the Fellows have acquired through their postdoctoral training. As with previous symposia in this series, the 2019 AAPF Symposium will promote interactions among astronomers with diverse research interests and backgrounds. By creating a forum in which discussions can occur across traditional research boundaries, the Symposium will provide Fellows the opportunity to gain new insights and pursue interdisciplinary collaborations. The Symposium will also provide a venue for discussing major issues that are important to early-career astronomers. In addition, the Symposium will (1) provide a forum to discuss integrated research and education activities, (2) facilitate collaborations between Fellows on both research and education, and (3) provide greater exposure for the Fellows and the AAPF Program within the astronomical community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.