Dissertation Symposia on Chemical Oceanography; Hawaii, 2002

根据这一奖项，美国生物科学研究所将继续管理化学海洋学论文研讨会(DISCO)，该研讨会自1978年以来一直由NSF/ONR/NOAA联合赞助。自24年前成立以来，迪斯科的目标一直是(1)将最近获得化学海洋学博士学位的人聚集在一个共同的论坛上，讨论他们的前沿论文研究；(2)鼓励他们在职业生涯早期形成长期的科学合作关系。迪斯科取得了巨大的成功--以至于在学术界产生的热情宣传使迪斯科成为事实上的黄金标准，并导致在地球科学的其他分支组织了其他类似迪斯科的论文研讨会。

ABSTRACTOCE-0224374Under this award, the American Institute of Biological Sciences will continue its management of the Dissertation Symposia on Chemical Oceanography (DISCO), which it has run under joint NSF/ONR/NOAA sponsorship since 1978. From the time of its inception twenty-four years ago, the objectives of DISCO have been (1) to bring together in a common forum recent doctoral recipients in chemical oceanography to discuss their cutting-edge dissertation research and (2) to encourage the formation of long-term scientific collaborative relationships early in their professional lives. DISCO has been a resounding success -- so much so that the enthusiastic publicity generated in the academic community led to DISCO becoming the de facto gold standard that led to the organization of other DISCO-like dissertation symposia in other branches of the earth sciences.