Support of U.S. Scientific Participation in the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)

该奖项为美国海洋科学家，特别是学术研究界的科学家提供部分资金，以参加北太平洋海洋科学组织（PICES）的活动。该组织成立于1992年，旨在促进和协调海洋科学研究，以提高对海洋生物资源、陆地-海洋和大气-海洋相互作用、生态系统组成和过程、资源利用、海洋对全球天气和气候变化的反应以及人类对北太平洋的影响的认识。目前成员包括加拿大、中国、日本、韩国、俄罗斯和美国。美国科学家参加年度会议、科学委员会工作组和研讨会也将通过该奖项获得资助。旅行资金的可用性不仅对大规模国际合作的科学规划产生影响，而且还为吸引同事和研究生参加研究合作、科学会议和研讨会提供了机会。北太平洋的规模需要广泛的合作，国际合作的智力优势导致对不同科学家如何解决他们的研究的理解。吸引美国和外国的年轻科学家参与这些合作是PICES的能力建设战略之一，也是通过欣赏科学的多元文化方法对美国科学产生更广泛影响的战略之一。基金会已经为这个项目增加了足够的资金，为年轻（35岁）的学术科学家参加PICES年会提供全额旅行支持。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为是值得支持的。

This award provides partial funding for U.S. ocean scientists, particularly those in the academic research community, to participate in the activities of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). This organization was established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine scientific research in order to advance knowledge of living marine resources, land-ocean and atmosphere-ocean interactions, ecosystem components and processes, resource usage, ocean response to global weather and climate change, and human impacts in the North Pacific. Members presently include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Participation by U.S. scientists in Annual Meetings, scientific committee working groups and workshops, will also be funded through this award.The availability of travel funds not only provides influence on the scientific planning for large scale international collaborations, but also provides the opportunity to entrain colleagues and graduate students into research collaborations, scientific sessions, and workshops. The scale of the North Pacific Ocean demands broad collaboration, and the intellectual merits of international collaboration leads to increased understanding of how diverse scientists address their research. Entrainment of young scientists from both the US and foreign countries into these collaborations represents one of the capacity building strategies of PICES, and one which has a broader impact on US science through appreciation of the diverse multicultural approaches to science. Funds have been add sufficient funds to this project to provide full travel support for young (35 yr of age) academic scientists to the PICES annual meeting.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.