Fifteenth Annual Symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows

该奖项将为出席者和邀请演讲者的NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后研究员第十五届年度研讨会提供支持，该研讨会将于2017年1月在德克萨斯州葡萄藤与美国天文学会冬季会议一起举行。天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金（AAPF）计划的目的是支持博士后水平的综合研究和教育活动，以更好地为科学界的杰出和领导职位做好准备。年度研讨会为研究员提供了一个论坛，讨论他们的研究和教育项目，同时提高他们在天文学和天体物理学界的知名度。研讨会代表了AAPF计划的一个关键组成部分，是一个非常有效的机制，以促进知识的转让，从研究员通过他们的博士后培训获得了广泛的受众的经验。与本系列的前几次研讨会一样，2017年AAPF研讨会将促进具有不同研究兴趣和背景的天文学家之间的互动。通过创建一个论坛，讨论可以跨越传统的研究边界，研讨会将提供研究员获得新的见解和追求跨学科合作的巨大机会。研讨会还将提供一个场所，讨论对早期职业天文学家很重要的重大问题。此外，研讨会将（1）提供一个讨论综合研究和教育活动的论坛，（2）促进研究员之间在研究和教育方面的合作，（3）为研究员和AAPF计划在天文学界提供更多的曝光。

This award will provide support for the attendees and invited speakers for the fifteenth Annual Symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows, to be held in conjunction with the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 2017, in Grapevine, Texas. The purpose of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) Program is to support integrated research and educational activities at the postdoctoral level to better prepare its fellows for positions of distinction and leadership in the scientific community. The Annual Symposium provides a forum for the Fellows to discuss their research and education projects while increasing their visibility within the astronomy and astrophysics community. The Symposium represents a key component of the AAPF Program and is a very effective mechanism to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from experiences that the Fellows have acquired through their postdoctoral training to a broad audience. As with previous symposia in this series, the 2017 AAPF Symposium will promote interactions among astronomers with diverse research interests and backgrounds. By creating a forum in which discussions can occur across traditional research boundaries, the Symposium will provide Fellows great opportunity to gain new insights and pursue interdisciplinary collaborations. The Symposium will also provide a venue for discussing major issues that are important to early-career astronomers. In addition, the Symposium will (1) provide a forum for discussing integrated research and educational activities, (2) facilitate collaborations between Fellows on both research and education, and (3) provide greater exposure for the Fellows and the AAPF Program within the astronomical community.