Participation of Qualified Oceanographers from Developing Countries in International Scientific Activities

该奖项为海洋研究科学委员会（SCOR）提供资金，用于向发展中国家和经济转型国家合格和活跃的海洋学研究人员提供旅行援助的长期计划。海洋学委员会提供旅费赠款，使这些人能够出席与其科学兴趣有关的国际会议，以及与海洋学委员会和国家科学基金会海洋科学司的科学兴趣有关的国际会议。这一正在进行的项目已成为海洋学研究委员会努力向第三世界以及最近向俄罗斯和东欧的海洋科学家提供援助的基石。更广泛的影响通过促进发展中国家的科学进步，这项活动的影响超出了海洋科学，进入了其他科学主题。在许多情况下，通过这些旅费赠款建立的联系所产生的个人关系和合作，对国际活动和发展中国家都有长期的影响。作为参与其中的个人，美国的科学界在科学和科学政策的队伍中不断上升。

This award provides funds to the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) for a long-standing program of travel assistance to qualified and active oceanographic researchers from developing countries and nations with economies in transition. SCOR travel grants are awarded to enable such individuals to attend international meetings relevant to their scientific interests and to those of SCOR and the Division of Ocean Sciences of NSF. This ongoing project has become the cornerstone of SCOR's efforts to provide assistance to marine scientists in the third world and, more recently in Russia and Eastern Europe. Broader ImpactsThe impacts of this activity extend beyond the ocean sciences into other scientific topics by stimulating scientific progress in developing countries. In many cases, personal connections and collaborations that can result from contacts made through these travel grants can have long-lasting effects both in international activities as well as in the developing country?s science communities as the individuals involved rise through the ranks of science and science policy.