Support Participation in International Scientific Meetings by U.S. Astronomers, Including Participation in the XXIVth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union

AST-9980200 MarvelAstronomy是一个完全国际化的奋进。美国的天文学家必须与来自世界各地的研究人员进行互动、合作和会面。为了充分参与国际科学界，美国研究人员必须参加国际科学会议，而不仅仅是为了观察而旅行。国际会议提供了一个与其他研究人员互动、形成合作、展示新成果和参与国际科学界的论坛。对许多美国研究人员来说，参加国际科学会议的费用高得令人望而却步。此外，很难获得严格用于出席国际会议的旅费。对于来自小型和/或捐赠较少的机构的天文学家或处于职业生涯初期的个人来说，尤其如此。研究人员经常必须在观测旅行和参加科学会议之间做出选择，并且由于出席费用高昂，可能会避免国际会议。由于天文学研究的国际性越来越强，美国天文学会（AAS）认为，让美国天文学家能够参加国际科学会议尤为重要。美国天文学会将管理一个由三个部门组成的机构，2000年至2003年国际旅行赠款方案。AAS理事会将任命一个委员会来审查申请，该计划将由AAS执行办公室管理。在2000年国际天文学联合会第24届大会期间，该方案将提供更多的赠款（与正常的国际科学会议分开考虑），以加强美国在这一重要职能中的强大存在。该计划将通过促进国际合作和互动，使美国天文学家，特别是早期的职业天文学家和那些来自捐赠较少的机构，参加国际科学会议。赠款接受者将被要求提交一份报告，总结他们的旅行沿着与适当的国家科学基金会要求的会计信息。该报告将描述他们与外国天文学家的互动以及随后的合作努力。对该计划的评估将由AAS的一个特设委员会进行，并将作为AAS秘书年度报告的一部分发表在《美国天文学会公报》上，并将列入提交给NSF的最终项目报告中。

AST- 9980200MarvelAstronomy is a fully international endeavor. Astronomers in the United States must interact, collaborate and meet with researchers from around the world. To participate fully in the international scientific community, American researchers must attend international scientific meetings, not just travel for observing. International meetings provide a forum for interacting with other researchers, forming collaborations, presenting new results and participating in the international scientific community.The attendance at international scientific meetings is prohibitively expensive for many U.S. researchers. Further, funding strictly for travel to international meetings can be difficult to obtain. This is especially true for astronomers from small and/or less-endowed institutions or for individuals at the beginning of their careers. Researchers often must choose between observing trips and travel to scientific meetings, and may avoid international meetings due to the high costs of attendance.Because of the increasingly international nature of astronomical research, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) feels it is especially important to enable American astronomers to participate in international scientific meetings.The American Astronomical Society will administer a three-year international travel grant program for the years 2000 to 2003. The AAS Council will appoint a committee to review applications and the program will be administered by the AAS executive office. During the year 2000, the year of the 24th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, the program will accommodate a larger number of grants (considered separately from normal international scientific meetings) to enhance the strong U.S. presence at this important function.The program would benefit American astronomical research by fostering international collaboration and interaction by enabling U.S. astronomers, especially early-career astronomers and those from less-endowed institutions, to attend international scientific meetings.Grant recipients will be required to submit a report summarizing their travel along with appropriate NSF required accounting information. The report will describe their interactions with foreign astronomers and any subsequent collaborative efforts. An assessment of the program will be undertaken by an ad hoc committee of the AAS and will be published in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, as a part of the AAS Secretary's annual report and will be included in the final project report to NSF.***