Support for Participation of Graduate Students in the Annual Arctic Workshops 2005-2007

主要研究者正在申请资金，以继续极地项目办公室（Office of Polar Programs）支持研究生参加年度北极研讨会。 自1993年以来，联合国儿童基金会通过支付注册费、每日膳食费和四晚住宿费来支助参加该讲习班。最后一笔赠款用于资助在科罗拉多大学和特罗姆瑟大学（挪威）举办的北极讲习班。 预算是根据25名学生参加而编制的，但每个讲习班的实际人数接近50人。 接下来的三个讲习班将在科罗拉多大学（2005年和2007年）和阿尔伯塔大学举行。 北极研讨会的组成通常包括约55%的专业北极科学家（学术和政府）和45%的研究生。一个主要的努力是向所有的毕业生提供一个论坛，为他们的研究，并建立适当的“网络”与他们的同龄人。每个讲习班的形式各不相同，取决于演讲者的组成、主题以及主办机构的具体专门知识。 然而，专业科学交流的四个主要要素总是存在的：1）主题演讲，2）简短的20分钟口头报告，3）一个或多个广泛的海报会议，以及4）特定的时间和会议地点的利益集团专注于特定的研究问题，后勤利益，或某些地理位置。 向所有与会者分发了讲座和海报的详细摘要。过去的全球变化仍然是一个主导的科学主题，但越来越多的北极生态学，寒区水文学和海洋学，冰川学和气候变化的人类因素是热门话题。 北极研讨会的与会者来自多个国家，其中美国、加拿大、挪威、冰岛、瑞典、德国、奥地利和联合王国的与会者人数众多。

The Principal Investigator is requesting funds requested to continue Office of Polar Programs (OPP) support for Graduate Student Participation in the Annual Arctic Workshops. OPP has supported attendance at this workshop through payments of registration, per diem meals, and lodging for four nights since 1993. The last grant supported the Arctic Workshop at the Universities of Colorado and Tromso (Norway). The budget was based on an attendance of 25 students, but the actual number per workshop was closer to 50. The next three workshops will be held at the University of Colorado (2005 and 2007) and the University of Alberta. The composition of the Arctic Workshops typically consists of about 55% professional Arctic scientists (academic and government), and 45% graduate students. A major effort is placed toward providing all the graduates with a forum for their research and to establish the appropriate "network" with their peers. The format for each Workshop differs depending on the composition of the speakers, themes, and particular, expertise that exists at the hosting institution. However, four main elements of professional scientific communication are always present: 1) keynote talks, 2) short 20 minute oral presentations, 3) one or more extensive poster sessions, and 4) specific times and meeting places for interest groups to focus on specific research problems, logistical interests, or certain geographic sites. A publication of extended abstracts of both the talks and posters is distributed to all participants. Past Global Change remains a dominant scientific theme, but increasingly arctic ecology, cold-region hydrology and oceanography, glaciology, and the human dimensions of climate change are among the popular topics. The Arctic Workshops have participants from several countries with significant attendance from the United States, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom.