Group Travel to the 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES), Edinburgh, Scotland

智力优势：国际南极地球科学研讨会（International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences，简称ISAES）每四年举行一次，是一次重要的南极研究会议。第11届ISAES会议将于2011年7月10日至16日在苏格兰爱丁堡举行。ISAES是产生或扩大国际合作的关键平台，这笔旅行补助金将有助于使研究生和早期职业研究人员能够参加这次会议。专题讨论会的发言和出版物将提供国际极地年在南极洲地球科学活动的重要记录，并为规划未来的国际合作研究提供宝贵的资源。要求提供资金，以支持20- 25名美国研究人员参加这次会议。特别是，这些资金将用于支持目前没有足够旅费支持的研究生和年轻调查员。支持请求将由PI和来自伯德极地研究中心和俄亥俄州州立大学地球科学学院的一组地球科学家进行评估。更广泛的影响：这些资金将使更多样化的研究人员群体能够参加ISAES会议，这将鼓励全球协作与合作。旅费将优先提供给学生和早期职业研究人员，从而加强他们的培训和职业发展。

Intellectual Merit: The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) is held every four years and is a premier Antarctic research conference. The 11th ISAES meeting will be held 10-16 July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. ISAES is a key platform for generating or augmenting international collaborations and this travel grant will help make this conference accessible for graduate students and early-career researchers. Symposium presentations and publications will provide a key record of International Polar Year activities in the earth sciences in Antarctica, and an invaluable resource for planning future, international, collaborative research. Funds are requested to support the attendance of 20- 25 U.S. researchers at this conference. In particular, the funds will be used to support graduate students and young investigators who currently do not have sufficient travel support. Requests for support will be evaluated by the PIs and a group of geoscientists from the Byrd Polar Research Center and School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University.Broader impacts: These funds will allow a more diverse group of researchers to participate in the ISAES conference, which will encourage global collaboration and cooperation. Travel funds will preferentially be provided for students and early career researcher and thus will augment their training and career development.