NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow 2011 Symposium

该奖项将为将于2011年1月8-9日在华盛顿州西雅图举行的NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后研究计划(AAPF)第九届年度研讨会的与会者和特邀演讲者提供差旅支持。AAPF项目的目的是整合博士后水平的研究和教育活动，为研究员的科学生涯做好更好的准备。年度研讨会为研究人员提供了一个讨论他们的研究和教学或推广项目的场所，同时增加了他们在天文学和天体物理学领域的曝光率。该专题讨论会是AAPF方案的一个重要组成部分，作为一种机制，促进将研究员在其活动过程中获得的经验传递给广大受众。与本系列以前的研讨会一样，2011年的AAPF研讨会将促进具有非常不同兴趣和背景的天文学家之间的讨论。通过创建一个论坛，在这个论坛中，可以跨越子学科定义的标准边界进行讨论，从而有很好的机会获得新的见解，并有能力开发新的跨学科协作。研讨会还将提供一个讨论其他问题的场所，这些问题对年轻天文学家在开始他们的职业生涯时很重要。此外，研讨会将(1)提供一个讨论研究和教学相结合的论坛，(2)促进AAPF研究员之间在研究和教育方面的合作，以及(3)为研究员和天文学社区内的研究员计划提供曝光率，因为研讨会是与美国天文学会冬季会议同时举行的。

This award will provide travel support for attendees and invited speakers for the ninth annual symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) program, to be held in Seattle, WA on January 8-9, 2011. The purpose of the AAPF program is to integrate research and educational activities at the postdoctoral level, to better prepare the fellows for a scientific career. The Annual Symposium provides a venue for fellows to discuss their research and teaching or outreach projects while increasing their exposure within the astronomy and astrophysics community. The symposium represents a key component of the AAPF program, acting as a mechanism to facilitate knowledge transfer from experiences the fellows have obtained in the course of their activities to a broad audience. As with the previous symposia in this series, the AAPF symposium for 2011 will promote discussion among astronomers with very different interests and backgrounds. By creating a forum in which discussions can occur across the standard boundaries defined by subdiscipline, there is great opportunity for new insights and the ability to develop new interdisciplinary collaborations. The symposium will also provide a venue for discussing other issues that are important to young astronomers as they begin their careers. In addition, the symposium will (1) provide a forum for discussing the combination of research and teaching, (2) facilitate collaborations between AAPF fellows on both research and education, and (3) provide exposure for the fellows and the fellowship program within the astronomical community, given that the symposium is held in conjunction with the winter American Astronomical Society meeting.