Support for the 2011 SnowPAC Workshop in Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. Jan. 31- Feb.4, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

该奖项将为2011年雪鸟粒子天体物理学、天文学和宇宙学研讨会（SnowPAC 2011, 2011年1月31日至2月4日在犹他州盐湖城举行）提供参与者支持。SnowPAC会议是一个国际会议，旨在回顾粒子天体物理学、暗物质、暗能量和宇宙学的最新发展现状，在这些学科之间建立新的交叉联系，并在这些研究领域的个人之间建立新的合作关系。这笔资金将用于增加年轻科学家（包括研究生、博士后和年轻教员）对会议的参与。这些资金将用于提供这些个人的旅费和当地住宿费，以便他们能够参加会议。改善代表性不足的少数民族的参与是使用这些资金的高度优先事项。本提案的广泛影响源于以下因素：1)在年轻科学家之间建立新的跨学科研究联系；2)建立粒子天体物理学、天文学和宇宙学的年度系列会议，为粒子天体物理学、天文学和宇宙学之间的研究思想整合提供一个长期的论坛；3)为西部山间地区日益壮大的天文学和天体物理学团体提供更多的全国知名度和研究联系。

This award will provide participant support for the 2011 Snowbird Particle Astrophysics, Astronomy, and Cosmology workshop (SnowPAC 2011, January 31 to February 4, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah). The SnowPAC conference is an international conference that seeks to review the current status of recent developments in particle astrophysics, dark matter, dark energy and cosmology, to establish new cross-connections between these disciplines, and to establish new collaborative ties between individuals working in these research areas.The funds will be used for increasing participation in the conference by young scientists, including graduate students, postdocs, and young faculty members. These funds will be used to provide travel and local accommodation expenses of these individuals in order to enable their participation in the conference. Improving the participation by under-represented minorities is a high priority for use of these funds.The Broader Impact of this proposal derives through the following elements:1) Development of new, cross-disciplinary research ties between young scientists;2) Establishment of a yearly conference series in particle astrophysics, astronomy and cosmology that can result in a long term effort to provide a forum to integrate research ideas between particle astrophysics, astronomy and cosmology; and3) Providing increased national visibility and research connections for the growing astronomy and astrophysics community in the Intermountain West.