Support for U.S. Participation in International GeographicalUnion Activities - including the 27th IGU Congress to be held in Washington, DC: August 1992

近几十年来，地理研究一直非常活跃，这使得由国际地理联盟(IGU)主办的四年一度的大会成为来自世界各地的学者聚集在一起交流最新研究成果并规划未来合作活动的特别重要的环境。国际科学研究方案第27届大会将于1992年8月初在华盛顿特区举行，为美国科学家提供了一个直接与世界其他地方的专家见面的绝佳机会。该奖项以两种方式向1992年政府间联盟大会提供支持。首先，它提供财政援助，以抵消大会的规划和运作费用。其次，它提供了一种手段，其他联邦政府机构可以通过机构间协议提供财政支持，这些协议将为最初的裁决提供补充资金。这项奖励将为自1984年巴黎政府间地理联盟大会以来世界各地最大和最重要的地理学家会议的规划和运作提供宝贵的财政援助。正如过去IGU的活动一样，美国地理学家将加强学术研究并更多地参与国际合作活动。如果国家科学基金会能够协助将其他联邦机构的捐款输送到这项重要的活动中，这笔赠款的进一步积极影响将会得到实现。

Geographic research has been extremely dynamic in recent decades, making the quadrennial congresses sponsored by the International Geographical Union (IGU) especially important settings at which scholars from throughout the world meet to exchange the most current results of their research and to plan future collaborative activities. The 27th Congress of the ISPRS will be held in Washington, D.C., in early August 1992, providing an excellent opportunity for American scientists to meet directly with experts from throughout the rest of the world. This award provides support for the 1992 IGU Congress in two ways. First it provides financial assistance to offset costs of the planning and operation of the congress. Second, it provides a means by which other federal government agencies may provide financial support through interagency agreements that will fund supplements to the initial award. This award will provide valuable financial assistance for the planning and operation of the largest and most significant gathering of geographers from throughout the world since the 1984 IGU Congress in Paris. As has been true of past IGU activities, enhanced scholarship and increased involvement in international collaborative activities by American geographers will result. Further positive consequences of this grant will be realized if NSF can assist in channelling contributions from other federal agencies to this important activity.