A Proposal for Travel Support for Students International Sedimentary Geoscience Congress Flagstaff, AZ, USA, 26-29 April, 2020

美国对大量地球科学工作者的需求是巨大的。事实证明，正规学校课程之外的教育经历不仅增加了学生对地球科学的兴趣，而且增加了选择地球科学和stem相关专业的学生人数。在会议环境中，来自各个职业阶段的地球科学家之间的正式和非正式的互动是加强学生继续学习地球科学的愿望的绝佳手段，这些愿望可以在学术界、政府或行业中发展。参加在亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫举行的国际沉积地球科学大会的学生旅行补助金使学生有机会相互联系，并与跨学科和广泛地理区域的各种早期职业和成熟的沉积地球科学家建立联系。这些旅行奖励还允许学生参加专业研讨会、短期课程和实地考察，这些都是会议核心科学项目的补充。国际沉积地球科学大会是一个致力于沉积地球科学的全球性会议，由沉积地质学会与美国地质学会沉积地质分会和国际沉积学家协会合作发起。2020年4月的会议是计划每四年召开一次的系列会议的第一次，其主题是“过去是可持续未来的关键”。该奖项旨在资助在地球科学及相关领域代表性不足的本科生和研究生。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The need for larger numbers of people in the geosciences workforce in the United States is great. Educational experiences outside of formal school curricula have been shown to increase not only student interest in the geosciences but the number of students choosing geosciences and STEM-related professions as well. The formal and informal interactions among geoscientists from all career stages that are facilitated in conference settings comprise excellent means to reinforce students' desires to continue the study of geosciences towards careers in academia, government or industry. Student travel grants to attend the International Sedimentary Geoscience Congress in Flagstaff, Arizona allow students opportunities to connect with one another and with a diverse range of early career and established sedimentary geoscientists across disciplines and broad geographic regions. These travel awards also allow students to attend specialized workshops, short courses, and field trips that are complementary to the core scientific program of the conference.The International Sedimentary Geoscience Congress is a global meeting devoted to sedimentary geoscience and was initiated by the Society for Sedimentary Geology in cooperation with the Sedimentary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America and the International Association of Sedimentologists. The meeting in April 2020 is the first of a planned series that will convene every four years and its theme is 'The past is the key to a sustainable future'. This award is funding undergraduate and graduate students typically underrepresented in the geosciences and related fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.