Engaging United States Scholars in International Geographic Research and Scientific Leadership: Support for Participation in International Geographical Union Events, 2012-2016

在当今高度全球化的社会中，新知识的产生需要科学家和学者、大学、研发企业和联邦机构促进国际研究合作，以此作为提高智力和竞争力的一种方式。美国地理学家协会(AAG)将通过国际地理联盟(IGU)赞助的正式活动，继续帮助美国的地理学家开展国际合作。这一奖项将通过部分旅费支助145名美国地理学者(72名初级学者和73名高级学者)出席2012年和2016年的政府间地理联盟大会，并在其间举行三次政府间地理联盟区域会议。30名学者将出席2012年在德国科隆举行的政府间国际联盟大会，25名学者将出席在日本京都(2013年)、波兰克拉科夫(2014年)、俄罗斯莫斯科(2015年)举行的地区会议，40名学者将出席2016年在北京举行的国际政府间联盟大会，中国。通过该奖项提供的支持将通过促进学术出版物、促进合作、多国研究和改善地理教育，为个人研究人员和更广泛的地理界提供好处。该奖项还将有助于人力资源开发，包括国际科学领导地位和美国地理学及相关领域的广泛丰富--美国地理学家广泛参加这些由国际地理联盟赞助的会议将加强美国与国际学者的联系。通过参加国际活动，为职业早期学者提供专业发展机会。在对以前支持政府间大学会议的个人进行的后续调查中，80%的答复者表示，他们的教学活动因其国际经验的参与而得到加强。这些成功证明，这一旅行支持计划可以帮助发展合作，从而形成技术知识库，将研究和开发转化为解决社会问题的有用应用程序。美国学者还获得了独特的机会，通过在会议所在地区建立合作伙伴关系，进行外展、积极参与和改进研究项目。

The generation of new knowledge in today's highly globalized society requires scientists and scholars, universities, R&D business, and federal agencies to promote international research collaborations as a way to enhance intellectual capacity and increase competitiveness. The Association of American Geographers (AAG) will continue to help geographers in t he United States develop international collaboration through formal activities sponsored by the International Geographic Union (IGU). This award will support 145 United States geographic scholars (72 junior and 73 senior scholars) through partial-travel support to attend IGU Congresses in 2012 and 2016 and three IGU regional conferences in the intervening years. Thirty scholars will attend the IGU Congress in Koln, Germany in 2012, 25 scholars will attend each of the regional conferences in Kyoto, Japan (2013), Krakow, Poland (2014), Moscow, Russia (2015), and 40 scholars will attend the 2016 IGU Congress in Beijing, China. The support provided through this award will provide benefits to individual researchers and the broader geographic community by stimulating scholarly publications; by fostering collaborative, multinational research and improving geographic education. The award also will contribute to human resource development, including international scientific leadership and the broad enrichment of geography and related fields in the U.S.Widespread participation of U.S. geographers in these International Geographical Union-sponsored conferences will strengthen U.S. ties with international scholars. Early-career scholars are provided professional development opportunities through participation in international events. In follow-up surveys of individuals supported with previous support to IGU conferences, 80 percent of the respondents stated that their teaching activities were enhanced by their participation by their international experiences. Such successes demonstrate that this travel-support program can help develop collaborations that result in a technical knowledge base that can translate research and development into useful applications for solving societal problems. American scholars also are provided with unique opportunities for outreach, positive engagement, and improved research programs through partnerships in the regions where the conferences are help.