Travel for Participants to the 26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, Germany, 2013

与许多其他科学领域一样，在地图学领域，研究和教育的进步越来越依赖于国际合作的发展，这些合作将来自许多不同国家的熟练学者和教育工作者聚集在一起。国际联系和合作通过许多不同的方式发展，但最成功的方式之一是国际制图协会（ICA）两年一次的会议。国际制图协会自1959年以来一直是制图研究的主要国际论坛，目前有80多个国家参加。ICA下一次两年一次的会议将于2013年8月在德国德累斯顿举行。为了促进美国科学家继续参与国际制图协会的活动，并促进更多处于职业生涯早期阶段的美国人加入国际网络，该奖项将提供团体旅行支持，使至少22名来自美国的职业生涯早期的制图师以及数量有限的职业生涯中期的专业人员能够参加这次国际制图协会会议。资金将分配给美国制图师，他们的申请将根据积极参与会议的若干标准进行评估。该奖项将促进美国制图师在国际制图协会全球论坛上更广泛、更多样化的参与。正如美国人的后续报告所表明的那样，这些美国人以前获得了参加其他主要国际会议的旅费资助，他们有很多机会会见来自许多其他国家的专业同事，从广泛的不同角度听取意见和信息，并参与讨论，这些讨论往往导致成功的研究合作。

In cartography as in many other scientific fields, advances in research and education increasingly rely on the development of international collaborations that bring together skilled scholars and educators from many different nations. International contacts and collaborations develop through many different means, but one of the most successful has been the biennial meetings of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). The ICA has been the primary international forum for cartographic research since 1959, and it currently involves over 80 countries. The ICA's next biennial meeting will occur in Dresden, Germany in August 2013. To facilitate the continued involvement of U.S. scientists in ICA activities and to facilitate the inclusion of more Americans in international networks at early stages of their careers, this award will provide group-travel support to enable at least 22 early-career cartographers from the U.S. as well as a limited number of mid-career professionals to attend this ICA meeting. Funds will be distributed to U.S. cartographers whose applications are evaluated using a number of criteria associated with active participation in the meeting. This award will foster greater and a more diverse participation by U.S. cartographers in the global forum of the International Cartographic Association. As has been demonstrated in follow-up reports from Americans who have been supported with previous travel grants to other major international meetings, opportunities abound for meeting professional colleagues from many other nations, for hearing ideas and information from a broad range of different perspectives, and for participating in discussions that frequently result in successful research collaborations.