U.S. Graduate Student Travel to International Biogeography Society Meeting

该项目将有助于支持生物地理学领域的持续发展，这是一项跨学科研究，整合了进化生物学，古生物学，保护生物学和生态学中的重要主题。它将通过资助40名美国研究生和博士后参加2009年1月在墨西哥梅里达举行的国际生物地理学会（IBS）年会的旅费来实现这一目标。组织这次会议的目的是为青年科学家提供网络和教育机会，这将对他们的专业发展以及智力发展产生更广泛的影响。IBS会议强调来自不同国家，机构和职业阶段的科学家之间的互动，旨在突出和探索该领域的前沿，促进科学家的智力发展和该领域的进步。此外，该项目还大大加强了美国研究生，外国学生和所有职业阶段的其他科学家之间的国际联系。

This project will help support the continued development of the field of biogeography, an interdisciplinary study that integrates topics of importance in evolutionary biology, paleo-biology, conservation biology, and ecology. It will accomplish this through funding the travel costs of 40 US graduate students and post-docs to attend the annual meeting of the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in Merida, Mexico, in January 2009. The conference is organized to provide young scientists with networking and educational opportunities that will provide many benefits of broader impact to their professional development, as well as their intellectual development. The IBS meeting emphasizes interaction among scientists from diverse countries, institutions, and career stages, and is designed to highlight and explore the frontiers of the field, fostering the intellectual development of scientists and progress of the field. Additionally, this project significantly enhances international contacts between U.S. graduate students, foreign students, and other scientists of all career stages.