Travel: Supporting Students and Early Career Scientists in Quaternary Research: the 2023 USNC/INQUA Congress Travel Fellowship Program

该旅行奖支持美国学生和早期职业科学家参加将于2023年7月14日至20日在意大利罗马举行的第21届国际科学研究协会大会。来自世界各地的科学家在四年一次的会议上展示他们的原创研究成果，并讨论第四纪学科的最新发展。USNC/INQUA将为在美国机构从事第四纪研究的美国公民或永久居民研究生和早期职业科学家提供至少10个旅行奖学金，每个奖学金不超过2,000美元，这些科学家将在第21届INQUA大会上以第一作者的身份发表论文，并在大会之前和期间为该群体组织指导活动。旅行奖评选过程的目的是增加那些传统上在地球科学领域得不到充分服务和代表性不足的人的积极参与，并支持来自多个机构的各种各样的参与者。该计划的关键和相互关联的目标是促进职业发展，创造新的合作机会，并提高年轻的美国学生和早期第四纪科学家的知名度，否则他们将无法参加这次大会。帮助获奖者在INQUA大会上展示他们的研究，使他们有机会了解最前沿的研究，并听取在世界其他地方受过培训的人对他们研究的评论。这些交流还可以促进与旅行奖同组成员和/或与国际科学家的合作，这种互动反过来将有助于推进美国第四纪研究。该旅行奖由地貌学和土地利用动力学项目、沉积地质学和古生物学项目以及P4CLIMATE项目共同资助。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 travel award supports U.S. student and early career scientist participation in the 21st INQUA Congress, which will be held in Rome, Italy, on July 14-20, 2023. The INQUA Congress presents scientists from around the world with the quadrennial opportunity to present their original research and discuss the latest developments across a wide range of Quaternary disciplines. The USNC/INQUA will competitively award at least 10 travel fellowships at up to $2,000 each for U.S. citizens or permanent resident graduate students and early career scientists working on Quaternary research at U.S. institutions presenting papers as first authors at the 21st INQUA Congress and organize mentoring activities for the cohort before and during the Congress. The travel award selection process will aim at increasing the active participation of those who have been traditionally underserved and underrepresented in the Earth sciences and support a diverse spectrum of participants from multiple institutions.The critical and interrelated goals of this program are to advance the careers, enable new collaboration opportunities, and increase the visibility of young U.S. students and early career Quaternary scientists who would not be able to otherwise attend this Congress. Helping awardees present their research at the INQUA Congress gives them the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and hear comments about their research from people trained in other parts of the world. These exchanges can also foster collaborations with members of the travel award cohort and/or with international scientists, interactions that will, in turn, serve to advance U.S. Quaternary science. This travel award is co-funded by the Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics Program, the Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program, and the P4CLIMATE Program.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.