Travel Grant for U.S. Scientist to the African Geophysical Society Conference and International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) School; Lusaka, Zambia; September 26-October 4, 2023

为美国科学家前往非洲地球物理学会会议和国际空间天气倡议（ISWI）学校提供旅费补助；

• 批准号: 2324555
• 负责人: Chigomezyo Ngwira
• 金额: $ 4.77万
• 依托单位: Catholic University of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2324555&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Grant; U.S.; Scientist; African

This travel grant will support ten US scientists and students to participate in the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) school and the African Geophysical Society (AGS) 2023 International Conference. The ISWI school and the AGS conference will be held in Lusaka, Zambia, from September 26th to 30th and October 2nd to 4th, 2023, respectively. The timing of the AGS conference and ISWI School will enhance discoveries and advance science to recent, vigorous international modeling and observational efforts in geospace sciences. The conference and school will address a primary objective of the NSF International program to establish new collaborations and further existing partnerships between US and African geospace science programs and institutions while addressing and discussing outstanding and relevant scientific problems.The success of the AGS conference and ISWI School will strongly rely on the support of the international space weather community. Previous international meetings held in Africa have opened the door for many new collaborations between US and African institutions to study complex space weather phenomena in detail. The primary objective of having an international meeting in Africa is to create one-on-one interactions with scientists from the US and other international institutions. These crucial professional connections are essential to opening more opportunities for new international collaborations, including instrument deployment and data collection. ISWI school and AGS conference activities and follow-on discussions will boost and expand these connections, which will enhance capacity building in Africa. ISWI school will consist of roughly 40-50 graduate students and postdocs from across the globe, most of whom will be drawn from Africa. Having the ISWI school before the AGS conference will have students appreciate the conference topics more. NSF funding will directly support two US students and four US scientists (lecturers) to participate in the ISWI school, and an additional four scientists/students will attend and contribute to the AGS International Conference. Therefore, the travel will be associated with the participation of students, postdocs, early career scientists, and underrepresented minorities and their exposure to the frontiers of space weather science and technology in a truly interdisciplinary and international scientific gathering.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.

这项旅行赠款将支持十名美国科学家和学生参加国际太空天气倡议（ISWI）学校和非洲地球物理学会（AGS）2023国际会议。 ISWI学校和AGS会议将分别于9月26日至30日至10月2日至4日在赞比亚卢萨卡举行。 AGS会议和ISWI学校的时机将增强发现并推进科学，以迈向最近，有力的国际建模和观察性努力。 会议和学校将探讨NSF国际计划的主要目标，以建立新的合作，并在美国和非洲地理航天科学计划和机构之间建立新的合作伙伴关系，同时解决和讨论杰出和相关的科学问题。 以前在非洲举行的国际会议为美国和非洲机构之间的许多新合作开辟了大门，以详细研究复杂的太空天气现象。 在非洲举行国际会议的主要目标是与美国和其他国际机构的科学家建立一对一的互动。 这些至关重要的专业联系对于为新的国际合作（包括仪器部署和数据收集）开放更多机会至关重要。 ISWI学校和AGS会议活动以及随后的讨论将提高和扩大这些联系，这将增强非洲的能力建设。 ISWI学校将由来自全球的大约40至50名研究生和博士后组成，其中大多数将从非洲吸引。 在AGS会议之前拥有ISWI学校将让学生更加欣赏会议主题。 NSF资金将直接支持两名美国学生和四名美国科学家（讲师）参加ISWI学校，另外四名科学家/学生将参加并为AGS国际会议做出贡献。 因此，旅行将与学生，博士后，早期的职业科学家以及代表性不足的少数群体的参与以及他们在太空天气科学和技术领域的接触到真正的跨学科和国际科学聚会中。这奖反映了NSF的立法使命，并被认为是通过基金会的智力评估来评估的，并且值得通过评估来评估基金会的优点和广泛的影响。