Travel Support for the 55th Session of the International Statistical Institute

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，美国统计协会（ASA）向至少11名美国与会者提供了旅行资助，以参加2005年4月5日至12日在澳大利亚悉尼举行的第55届国际统计学会（ISI）会议。ISI会议包括伯努利学会、国际官方统计协会（IAOS）、国际统计计算协会（IASC）、国际调查统计学家协会（IASS）和国际统计教育协会（IASE）的会议。由美国统计学会管理的旅行补助计划是为了参加一个有数千名统计学家感兴趣的会议。该赠款为从机构和非营利协会中选出的大约11名个人提供部分交通费用支持。与会者将通过发行量超过19,000份的会员刊物《Amstat News》和ASA在互联网上的主页收到旅行补助金发放情况的通知。此外，还将向大学和学院的统计和数学系发出通知，鼓励年轻和代表性不足的统计人员申请旅行补助。ASA委员会将对申请进行审查和选择。将特别考虑到最近获得博士学位的统计人员以及妇女和少数民族，以便扩大研究、教育和建立联系的机会。

Using NSF support, the American Statistical Association (ASA) awards a travel grant to at least 11 United States participants to attend the 55th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) in Sydney, Australia, from April 5 - 12, 2005. The ISI meeting includes the meetings of the Bernoulli Society, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC), International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS), and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). The travel grant program administered by ASA is for participation in an umbrella meeting with sessions of interest for thousands of statisticians. The grant provides partial support to defray transportation costs for approximately eleven (11) individuals selected from institutions and non-profit associations. Participants will be notified of the availability of the travel grant through Amstat News, a membership publication with over 19,000 circulation and on the ASA Home Page on the Internet. Also, notices will be sent to university and college statistics and mathematics departments to encourage younger and underrepresented statisticians to apply for travel support. An ASA committee will do the review and selection of the applications. Special consideration will be given to statisticians who have recently received their doctorates and to women and minorities in order to broaden research, educational and networking opportunities.