Support of Student Participation in the North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC-2001), June 26-July 1, 2001, Berkeley, California

翻译后摘要：支持学生参与北美古生物公约（NAPC-2001）2001年6月26日至7月1日北美古生物公约是一个四年一度的会议，古生物学家从各种学科。 它由总部设在北美的古生物学会支持，并向所有对古生物学感兴趣的人开放。 计划于2001年6月26日至7月1日在加利福尼亚州伯克利举行的会议将是第七届NAPC。 以前的每一次会议都被认为是展示新研究成果和讨论当前古生物学研究领域的绝佳机会。 NAPC的一个目的是让那些通常不会接触的专家见面并交流想法。 根据过去的经验，NAPC-2001组织委员会预计将有500多名专业人员参加为期四天的会议和几次实地考察，并进行互动，组织委员会认为，学生和年轻专业人员的持续兴趣对该领域的健康发展至关重要。 他们不仅将继续研究过去的生命，他们将提供新的方法，并以新的眼光检查旧化石。 NAPC提供了一个出色的教育机会，从会谈和海报展示中获得古生物学信息的重点介绍，而不会在一般地质会议上出现其他干扰。 它还使学生有机会与该领域的领导人会面，并在国家或地区地质会议所不提供的场所正式或非正式地讨论他们正在进行的研究。该提案要求提供25，000美元，以支持来自美国的学生和年轻专业人员参加NAPC-2001，墨西哥和其他国家的学生和专业人士在北美古生物学工作。

Abstract:Support of student participation in the North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC-2001) June 26-July 1, 2001The North American Paleontological Convention is a quadrennial meeting of paleontologists from a variety of disciplines. It is supported by paleontological societies headquartered in North America, and is open to all who are interested in paleontology. The meeting planned for June 26 through July 1, 2001 in Berkeley, CA will be the seventh NAPC. Each previous convention has been judged an excellent opportunity for the presentation of the results of new research and for discussions of current areas of paleontological research. One aim of NAPC is to allow specialists who would not otherwise normally be in contact to meet and exchange ideas. Based on past experience, the Organizing Committee for NAPC-2001 expects that over 500 professionals will attend and interact during four days of meetings and on several field trips.The Organizing Committee believes that the continued interest of students and young professionals is critical to the health of the field. Not only will they maintain the study of past life, they are the ones who will provide fresh approaches and examine old fossils with new eyes. NAPC provides an outstanding educational opportunity to obtain focused presentations of paleontological information from talks and poster presentations without the other distractions presented at a general geological meeting. It also allows students the ready opportunity to meet with leaders in the field and to discuss their research in progress, both formally and informally, in a venue not provided by a national or regional geologic meeting.This proposal requests $25,000 to support the attendance at NAPC-2001 of students and young professionals from the U.S., Mexico and other countries where students and professionals work on North American paleontology.