Conference Proposal: Support Student and Early Professional Attendance to the 2020 North American Ornithological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico

对鸟类(鸟类学)的研究倾向于在许多科学学会之间进行划分，每个学会都专注于一两个国家的鸟类。这是一个问题，因为鸟类几乎随处可见，而且在迁徙过程中会移动很远的距离。他们无视国家边界。因此，来自不同国家的研究鸟类的科学家(鸟类学家)将从更多的合作中受益。这很难实现，因为参加远程会议以建立新的合作伙伴关系的旅行可能在经济上是令人望而却步的，特别是对于年轻的鸟类学家来说，他们是该领域的未来。该项目将支持学生和早期职业专业人士参加2020年8月10日至15日在波多黎各圣胡安举行的第七届北美鸟类学会议(NAOC)。这次会议的主题是“飞行路径应对全球挑战”，其加勒比海地点将汇集来自北美、中美洲和南美洲的鸟类学家。他们将会面讨论许多话题，包括迁徙、保护、生态和进化。科学上的亮点将包括一位著名鸟类学家的主旨演讲，全体演讲，以及为期四天的各种主题的演讲。这次会议将吸引许多来自波多黎各的与会者，他们往往负担不起在美国大陆举行会议的费用。将有五个辅导活动，约20个针对青年参与者的工作坊，以及公众参与的多项活动。该项目将帮助资助60多名参与者的旅行。来自国家科学基金会的资金将补充召集学会已经提供的资金，以利用拉丁美洲和加勒比地区鸟类学家的非凡参与。他们中的许多人将第一次加入北美鸟类学协会的参与者。预计将有1300多人参加，他们来自学术界、非营利组织和不同的政府机构，包括来自北美、墨西哥、加勒比海和新大陆热带地区的8个鸟类学学会。这次会议的几项举措是从以前的鸟类学会议中吸取经验教训，以灌输信任和发展必要的基础设施，以协调对整个西半球鸟类及其赖以生存的环境的理解和保护。这一奖项反映了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。

The study of birds (Ornithology) tends to be divided among many scientific societies that each focus on birds of one or two countries. This is a problem because birds are found almost everywhere and move great distances in migration. They ignore national borders. Scientists from different countries who study birds (ornithologists) would thus benefit from working more together. This is hard to achieve because travel to distant meetings to form new partnerships can be financially prohibitive, especially for young ornithologists, who are the future of the field. This project will support travel by students and early career professionals to the 7th North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10-15 August, 2020. The conference theme, "Flight Paths Addressing Global Challenges", and its Caribbean location will bring together ornithologists from across North, Central and South America. They will meet to talk about many topics, including migration, conservation, ecology and evolution. Scientific highlights will include a keynote address by a famous ornithologist, plenary talks, and four days of presentations on a wide variety of topics. The conference will attract many participants from Puerto Rico, who are often unable to afford meetings in the continental United States. There will be five mentoring activities, about 20 workshops targeted at young participants, and involvement of the public in multiple activities. This project will help fund travel of more than 60 participants. Funds from NSF will augment funds already provided by the convening societies, to leverage an extraordinary level of participation by ornithologists from Latin America and the Caribbean. Many of them will be joining participants from North American ornithological societies for the first time. More than 1,300 attendees are expected, representing academia, non-profit organizations, and diverse government agencies, and including eight ornithological societies from North America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the New World Tropics. Several initiatives in this conference build on lessons from previous ornithological conferences to instill trust and develop infrastructure necessary to coordinate understanding and protection of birds, and the environments on which they depend, throughout the Western Hemisphere.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.