Support for US Scientific Participation in PICES

该奖项为美国海洋科学家，特别是学术研究界的海洋科学家，参与北太平洋海洋科学组织（PICES）的活动提供部分资助。该组织成立于1992年，旨在促进和协调海洋科学研究，以提高对海洋生物资源、陆地-海洋和大气-海洋相互作用、生态系统成分和过程、资源利用、海洋对全球天气和气候变化的响应以及北太平洋人类影响的认识。目前的成员包括加拿大、中国、日本、韩国、俄罗斯和美国。美国科学家参加年度会议、科学委员会工作组和研讨会的经费也将由该奖项提供。更广泛的影响旅行基金的可用性不仅对大规模国际合作的科学规划产生影响，而且还提供了吸引同事和研究生参与研究合作、科学会议和研讨会的机会。北太平洋的规模需要广泛的合作，而国际合作的智力价值使人们更加了解不同的科学家如何处理他们的研究。吸引来自美国和其他国家的年轻科学家参与这些合作是PICES的能力建设战略之一，并且通过欣赏不同文化的科学方法对美国科学产生更广泛的影响。基金已为该项目增加了足够的资金，为参加PICES年会的年轻（35岁）学术科学家提供全额旅费。在PICES的配套资金支持下，每年将有3名年轻的学术科学家参与。

This award provides partial funding for U.S. ocean scientists, particularly those in the academic research community, to participate in the activities of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). This organization was established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine scientific research in order to advance knowledge of living marine resources, land-ocean and atmosphere-ocean interactions, ecosystem components and processes, resource usage, ocean response to global weather and climate change, and human impacts in the North Pacific. Members presently include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Participation by U.S. scientists in Annual Meetings, scientific committee working groups and workshops, will also be funded through this award.Broader ImpactsThe availability of travel funds not only provides influence on the scientific planning for large scale international collaborations, but also provides the opportunity to entrain colleagues and graduate students into research collaborations, scientific sessions, and workshops. The scale of the North Pacific Ocean demands broad collaboration, and the intellectual merits of international collaboration leads to increased understanding of how diverse scientists address their research. Entrainment of young scientists from both the US and foreign countries into these collaborations represents one of the capacity building strategies of PICES, and one which has a broader impact on US science through appreciation of the diverse multicultural approaches to science. Funds have been add sufficient funds to this project to provide full travel support for young (35 yr of age) academic scientists to the PICES annual meeting. With matching funds from PICES this will allow participation by 3 young academic scientists annually.