Research and Development Support for Early Career Cartographers and Geospatial Scientists:Tokyo, Japan - July 2019

该奖项将资助制图和地理信息科学（GIScience）领域的早期职业研究人员参加第29届国际制图会议（ICC）。本项目针对正在完成研究生学位或处于学术、职业生涯早期阶段的早期职业学者的专业发展。ICC提供了一个涵盖制图研究所有方面的科学场所，是年轻学者展示他们的研究并与国际科学家团体面对面交谈的理想场所。参加过往届国际制图大会的青年学者在地图学和地理信息科学领域展示了富有成效的研究计划，他们的科学出版物和成功获得资助来支持他们的研究就是证明。这种对学生和早期职业学者的支持的长期影响是研究创新和合作，促进美国制图和地理科学研究的未来领导者。参加国际制图会议将促进全球相关前沿研究的发展，并使美国学者在这些努力中发挥带头作用。这些年轻学者与国际社会合作，制定新的研究议程，将关键的科学和社会挑战结合起来，并通过讲习班、研讨会和同行评议的出版物积极传播制图学的技术和方法进展。这些年轻的学者不仅受益于国际制图界的思想，而且还分享了美国在制图和地理信息科学这一高度优先研究领域的经验。这些成就反过来又导致了创造性和生产性劳动力的发展，这些劳动力在地图学和地理信息科学方面进行创新研究，为国家在空间信息基础设施方面的利益服务。虽然这次会议在日本东京举行，但它将为包括美国在内的世界各地的制图研究提供新的见解和方法。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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 support travel for early career researchers in the field of cartography and Geographic Information Science (GIScience) to attend the 29th International Cartographic Conference (ICC). This project targets the professional development of early career scholars that are currently completing a graduate degree, or are in the early stages of their academic, professional career. The ICC provides a scientific venue that covers all aspects of cartographic research, a venue that is ideal for young scholars to present their research and to talk face-to-face with an international community of scientists. Young scholars who have attended previous ICCs have demonstrated productive research programs in cartography and GIScience, as evidenced by their scientific publications and success securing funding to support their research. The long-term impact of this support for students and early career scholars is research innovation and collaboration that promotes future leaders in research in cartography and GIScience in the United States. Participation in the International Cartographic Conference will lead to the development of globally relevant cutting-edge research and will enable U.S. scholars to take a lead in these endeavors. These young scholars develop new research agendas that couple key scientific and societal challenges in collaboration with the international community, and actively disseminate technical and methodological advances in cartography through workshops, seminars, and peer-reviewed publications. These young scholars benefit from exposure to ideas from the international cartographic community, but also share the American experience in this high priority research area for cartography and GIScience. These accomplishments in turn result in the development of a creative and productive workforce conducing innovative research in cartography and geographic information science that serve the Nation's interests regarding spatial information infrastructure. Although the conference is being held in Tokyo, Japan, the event will provide new insights and approaches to cartographic research throughout the world, including the United States.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.