Collaborative Research: Travel: Geosciences United - A joint Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists and the American Geophysical Union

全国黑人地球科学家协会（NABG）和美国地球物理联合会（AGU）将联合举办一次以学生为中心的会议。这两个组织将在第42届NABG年度技术会议上主办以“地球科学联合：合作实现可持续和公平的未来”为主题的技术会议。所请求的支助将支付大约40名学生参加者的注册、旅费和生活费用。该会议将于2023年9月27日至30日在华盛顿特区的AGU总部举行，作为一项混合活动（面对面和虚拟）。由于这次会议的中心地点是位于华盛顿特区的AGU总部，pi们希望这次会议能吸引许多联邦机构的代表出席。此外，学院还将积极招收来自少数民族院校和其他院校的大气科学、地球科学、海洋科学、环境科学等地学专业的全国骨干学生。学生们将展示研究成果并参加会议的其他活动。目标是扩大NABG的学科代表性，以包括更多对地球科学更广泛学科感兴趣的msi学生，并建立新的关系以联合地球科学学科。在过去的一年里，登陆的飓风、极端干旱/极端洪水和野火直接影响了美国，因此，大气和环境科学与NABG成员及其雇主的相关性为扩大NABG的学科领域提供了明显的机会，同时也吸引了这些学科的更广泛的学者和学生。本次会议建立在自2009年以来改善地球科学劳动力多样性的成功努力的基础上，并为学术机构、政府机构和能源/环境行业提供了一个机会，从代表性不足的群体中招募学生到STEM学科和在国家地球科学劳动力中就业。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 National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) will host a joint student-centered conference. The two organizations will host a technical conference with the theme “Geosciences United: Collaborating for a Sustainable and Equitable Future at the 42nd NABG Annual Technical Conference”. Requested support will defray registration, travel and subsistence expenses of approximately forty student participants. The conference will be held at the AGU headquarters in Washington D.C. on 27-30 September 2023 as a hybrid event (in-person and virtual). The PIs expect that this conference will attract attendees representing many of the federal agencies because of its central location at AGU headquarters in Washington, DC. In addition, the PIs will actively recruit a national cadre of students from minority serving institutions (MSIs) and other institutions who are majoring in geoscience disciplines representing atmospheric sciences, geoscience, marine sciences, and environmental sciences. Students will present research and participate in other activities of the conference. The objective is to expand the disciplinary representation of NABG to include more students from MSIs interested in the broader disciplines of Geosciences and to build new relationships to unite geosciences disciplines.During the past year, land-falling hurricanes and extreme drought/extreme flooding, and wildfires directly impacted the U.S. Thus, the relevance of atmospheric and environmental sciences to NABG members and their employers presents obvious opportunities to broaden the disciplinary areas of NABG while also engaging a broader audience of scholars and students in these disciplines. This meeting builds on successful efforts to improve the diversity of the geoscience workforce since 2009 and serves as an opportunity for academic institutions, government agencies, and the energy/environmental industry to recruit students from underrepresented groups to STEM disciplines and employment in the national geosciences workforce.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.