Support of Travel to the XVI INQUA Congress

2003年7月23日至31日，新泽西州雷诺，美国国际第四纪研究联盟全国委员会为第十六届国际第四纪研究联盟大会的旅行资助计划，根据0239568号主协议的条款，美国国家科学院请求资助第十六届国际第四纪研究联盟大会的旅行。这项工作将由INQUA美国国家委员会(USNC/INQUA)进行，USNC/INQUA是政策和全球事务部国际科学组织委员会的一个委员会。这一旅行补助计划的目的是帮助美国研究生参加在内华达州雷诺举行的大会，并通过鼓励他们与世界第四纪社区进行实质性的面对面互动，激发美国第四纪学生个人和集体的热情。这项19,245美元的旅行补助金计划将资助大约30名美国研究生的旅费，以及少量工作人员创建、接收和处理旅行补助金申请、分发奖项和收集会后报告的时间。

U.S. National Committee for the International Union for Quaternary ResearchTravel Grant Program to the XVI CongressReno, NVJuly 23-31, 2003Under the terms of Master Agreement No. 0239568, the National Academy of Sciences requests funds for Support of Travel to the XVI International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress. The work will be conducted by the U.S. National Committee for the INQUA (USNC/INQUA), a committee of the Board on International Scientific Organizations in the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The objective of this travel grant program is to assist U.S. graduate students in attending the Congress in Reno, NV and to inspire the enthusiasm of U.S. Quaternary students, individually and collectively, by encouraging their substantive face-to-face interaction with the world Quaternary community. This travel grant program of $19,245, will subsidize the travel of approximately 30 U.S. graduate students, and a small amount of staff time to create, receive, and handle travel grant applications; to distribute the awards; and to collect the post-meeting reports.