Participation by US Cognitive Scientists in Cognitive Science Meeting

该项目将支持参加2005年7月21日至24日在意大利斯特雷萨举行的认知科学学会会议的美国认知科学家的国际旅行。此次会议是认知科学跨学科领域研究人员交流科学信息的重要场所。旅行奖项将颁发给大约40名在NSF任务的核心领域进行研究的个人，包括对人类认知、推理、学习、感知、发展、沟通和语言、社会行为和文化的研究。大多数奖项将授予年轻学者，要么是研究生，要么是在过去七年内获得博士学位的个人。通过为美国学者提供与国际社会研究人员建立联系的机会，旅行补助金将提高美国年轻认知科学家的能见度，加强和提高他们个人研究计划的影响，并通过合作丰富世界认知科学领域的科学知识储备。拟议的资金使用通过促进科学合作来满足智力价值标准，这些合作有助于NSF推进关于这些主题的科学研究的使命。该提案还提出了对研究基础设施产生更广泛影响的标准，使年轻的认知科学家能够参加一次关键的培训经历，这将提高他们的研究的知名度和质量。

This project will support international travel by US cognitive scientists participating in the scientific program at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, taking place July 21-24, 2005, in Stresa, Italy. The meeting is a key venue for the exchange of scientific information among researchers in the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Travel awards will be made to approximately forty individuals conducting research in areas central to the NSF mission, including research on human cognition, reasoning, learning, perception, development, communication and language, social behavior and culture. The majority of the awards will go to young scholars, either graduate students or individuals who have received their Ph.D. degree within the last seven years. By providing the opportunity for US scholars to forge connections with researchers from the international community, the travel grant will increase the visibility of young US cognitive scientists, strengthen and improve the impact of their individual research programs, and enrich the world's store of scientific knowledge in the field of cognitive science through collaboration. The proposed use of funds fulfils the intellectual merit criterion by facilitating scientific collaborations that contribute to the NSF mission of advancing scientific research on these topics. The proposal also addresses the criterion of broader impact on the research infrastructure by making it possible for young cognitive scientists to participate in a crucial training experience that will foster the visibility and quality of their research.