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国际社会昆虫研究联盟致力于对这一重要生物群体的生物学进行综合分析。它每四年举行一次国际会议，已成为传播这一领域知识的主要论坛。基金会要求派遣一组精心挑选的研究生参加将于2002年7 - 8月在日本札幌举行的会议。参加这次重要会议的机会将对这些学生的职业发展产生重大影响，使他们能够开始与该领域的领导者会面，发展可以导致富有成效的合作的联系，并获得对自己工作的反馈。日本在社会昆虫生物学方面有着良好的传统，为本次会议提供了一个很好的场地。

Lay AbstractThe International Union for the Study of Social Insects is devoted tointegrated analyses of the biology of this important group of organisms.It holds an international meeting once every four years that has emerged asthe premier forum for the dissemination of knowledge in this field. Fundsare requested to send a group of carefully selected graduate students tothe meeting that will be held in Sapporo, Japan in July-Aug, 2002. Theopportunity to attend this important meeting will have a significant impacton the development of the careers of these students by allowing them tobegin to meet leaders of the field, develop contacts that can lead toproductive collaborations, and get feedback on their own work. Japan has awell established tradition of excellence in social insect biology andoffers an outstanding venue for this meeting.