Travel Grant: Enabling Faculty at Under-Resourced Primarily Undergraduate Institutions to Attend the 2024 Fall American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting

该奖项将启动一项旅行补助金计划，用于资助来自典型资源不足机构的教员，如新兴研究机构（ERIs）、少数族裔服务机构（MSIs）和社区学院。这些机构的教师往往有更高的教学负担，而且没有大量的旅行资金，这使得他们更难以参加科学会议。参加会议可以让教师与其他研究人员建立联系，并将最新的研究和教学创新带回课堂。美国地球物理联盟（AGU）秋季会议是地球科学专业人士的大型聚会，有来自100多个国家的22,000名与会者。该奖项将启动一项旅行资助计划，为来自资源不足机构的50名早期至中期职业教师参加2024年秋季AGU会议。申请流程将类似于目前的AGU学生旅行计划，该计划的广告将通过多种途径进行。除了旅行津贴，旅行补助金获得者将有机会参加专业发展研讨会，网络和社交活动，在会议上共同主持会议，并审查学生的演讲。将有活动前和活动后的评估调查，一篇或多篇期刊文章将由该奖项产生。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 award will initiate a Travel Grant program for faculty from typically under-resourced institutions, such as Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and community colleges. Faculty at these institutions often have higher teaching loads and do not have access to significant travel funds, making it more difficult for them to attend scientific conferences. Attendance at conferences allows faculty to establish connections to other researchers and bring back the latest innovations in research and teaching to their classrooms.The American Geophysical Union’s (AGU’s) Fall Meeting is a large gathering of Geoscience professionals, with 22,000 attendees from 100+ countries. This award will initiate a Travel Grant program for up to 50 early-to-mid career faculty from under-resourced institutions to attend the 2024 Fall AGU meeting. The application process will be similar to the current AGU student travel program and advertising for the program will be conducted across multiple avenues. In addition to a travel stipend, the travel grant awardees will have the opportunity to participate in a professional development workshop, networking and social events, co-chair sessions at the conference, and review student presentations. There will be pre- and post-event evaluation surveys and one or more journal articles will result from the award.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.