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

这笔旅行补助金将支持10名美国科学家和学生参加国际空间天气倡议（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2023年9月26日至30日和10月2日至4日在赞比亚卢萨卡举行。AGS会议和ISWI学院的时间安排将加强发现和推进科学，以促进最近在地球空间科学方面积极的国际建模和观测工作。会议和学校将讨论NSF国际项目的一个主要目标，即在解决和讨论突出的相关科学问题的同时，在美国和非洲的地球空间科学项目和机构之间建立新的合作和进一步现有的伙伴关系。AGS会议和ISWI学院的成功举办将极大地依赖于国际空间气象界的支持。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的合作打开了大门，以详细研究复杂的空间天气现象。在非洲召开国际会议的主要目标是与来自美国和其他国际机构的科学家建立一对一的互动。这些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）开辟更多机会至关重要。ISWI学校和AGS会议活动以及后续讨论将促进和扩大这些联系，从而加强非洲的能力建设。ISWI学院将由大约40-50名来自全球的研究生和博士后组成，其中大部分将来自非洲。在AGS会议之前访问ISWI学校将使学生更了解会议主题。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AGS国际会议并为其做出贡献。因此，这次旅行将与学生、博士后、早期职业科学家和未被充分代表的少数民族的参与以及他们在真正跨学科和国际科学聚会中接触空间气象科学和技术前沿的机会联系在一起。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 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.