Collaborative Research: Travel: Geosciences United - A joint Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists and the American Geophysical Union

全国黑人地球科学家协会（NABG）和美国地球物理联合会（AGU）将举办一个以学生为中心的联合会议。这两个组织将举办一个技术会议，主题是“地球科学联合：在第42届NABG年度技术会议上为可持续和公平的未来合作”。所要求的支助将支付大约40名学生参加者的注册、旅费和生活费。该会议将于2023年9月27日至30日在华盛顿的AGU总部举行，作为混合活动（面对面和虚拟）。PI预计，这次会议将吸引代表许多联邦机构的与会者，因为它在华盛顿的AGU总部的中心位置。此外，PI将积极从少数民族服务机构（MSI）和其他机构招收学生，他们主修代表大气科学，地球科学，海洋科学和环境科学的地球科学学科。学生将提出研究和参加会议的其他活动。其目标是扩大NABG的学科代表性，以包括更多对地球科学更广泛学科感兴趣的MSIs学生，并建立新的关系，以团结地球科学学科。在过去的一年里，登陆飓风和极端干旱/极端洪水，野火直接影响了美国。大气和环境科学与NABG成员及其雇主的相关性为扩大NABG的学科领域提供了明显的机会，同时也吸引了更广泛的学者以及这些学科的学生。本次会议建立在自2009年以来提高地球科学工作人员多样性的成功努力的基础上，并为学术机构，政府机构，能源/环境产业招收学生从代表性不足的群体到STEM学科和就业的国家地球科学劳动力。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得支持，通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

The National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) will host a joint student-centered conference. The two organizations will host a technical conference with the theme “Geosciences United: Collaborating for a Sustainable and Equitable Future at the 42nd NABG Annual Technical Conference”. Requested support will defray registration, travel and subsistence expenses of approximately forty student participants. The conference will be held at the AGU headquarters in Washington D.C. on 27-30 September 2023 as a hybrid event (in-person and virtual). The PIs expect that this conference will attract attendees representing many of the federal agencies because of its central location at AGU headquarters in Washington, DC. In addition, the PIs will actively recruit a national cadre of students from minority serving institutions (MSIs) and other institutions who are majoring in geoscience disciplines representing atmospheric sciences, geoscience, marine sciences, and environmental sciences. Students will present research and participate in other activities of the conference. The objective is to expand the disciplinary representation of NABG to include more students from MSIs interested in the broader disciplines of Geosciences and to build new relationships to unite geosciences disciplines.During the past year, land-falling hurricanes and extreme drought/extreme flooding, and wildfires directly impacted the U.S. Thus, the relevance of atmospheric and environmental sciences to NABG members and their employers presents obvious opportunities to broaden the disciplinary areas of NABG while also engaging a broader audience of scholars and students in these disciplines. This meeting builds on successful efforts to improve the diversity of the geoscience workforce since 2009 and serves as an opportunity for academic institutions, government agencies, and the energy/environmental industry to recruit students from underrepresented groups to STEM disciplines and employment in the national geosciences workforce.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.