| NSF Org: |
EAR Division Of Earth Sciences |
| Recipient: |
|
| Initial Amendment Date: | March 8, 2023 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | April 13, 2023 |
| Award Number: | 2316129 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Justin Lawrence
jlawrenc@nsf.gov (703)292-2425 EAR Division Of Earth Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | March 15, 2023 |
| End Date: | November 30, 2023 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $30,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $30,000.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
|
| History of Investigator: |
|
| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW WASHINGTON DC US 20418-0007 (202)334-2254 |
| Sponsor Congressional District: |
|
| Primary Place of Performance: |
2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW WASHINGTON DC US 20418 |
| Primary Place of
Performance Congressional District: |
|
| Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): |
|
| Parent UEI: |
|
| NSF Program(s): |
P4CLIMATE, Geomorphology & Land-use Dynam, Sedimentary Geo & Paleobiology |
| Primary Program Source: |
|
| Program Reference Code(s): |
|
| Program Element Code(s): |
|
| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This travel award supports U.S. student and early career scientist participation in the 21st INQUA Congress, which will be held in Rome, Italy, on July 14-20, 2023. The INQUA Congress presents scientists from around the world with the quadrennial opportunity to present their original research and discuss the latest developments across a wide range of Quaternary disciplines. The USNC/INQUA will competitively award at least 10 travel fellowships at up to $2,000 each for U.S. citizens or permanent resident graduate students and early career scientists working on Quaternary research at U.S. institutions presenting papers as first authors at the 21st INQUA Congress and organize mentoring activities for the cohort before and during the Congress. The travel award selection process will aim at increasing the active participation of those who have been traditionally underserved and underrepresented in the Earth sciences and support a diverse spectrum of participants from multiple institutions.
The critical and interrelated goals of this program are to advance the careers, enable new collaboration opportunities, and increase the visibility of young U.S. students and early career Quaternary scientists who would not be able to otherwise attend this Congress. Helping awardees present their research at the INQUA Congress gives them the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and hear comments about their research from people trained in other parts of the world. These exchanges can also foster collaborations with members of the travel award cohort and/or with international scientists, interactions that will, in turn, serve to advance U.S. Quaternary science. This travel award is co-funded by the Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics Program, the Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program, and the P4CLIMATE Program.
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.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.
The objectives of the 2023 USNC/INQUA Congress Travel Fellowship Program were to 1) advance careers, build new collaboration opportunities, and increase the visibility of young U.S. Quaternary scientists; 2) advance the diversity of the U.S. scientific workforce and to increase accessibility for students and early career scientists where international travel costs create a major impediment to international network-building; and 3) increase the overall visibility of U.S. science and scientists at the INQUA Congress, which is the top international event in Quaternary science. These goals were directly aligned with the objectives of NSF’s INCLUDES program and, more broadly, with the US effort to establish a diverse new generation of STEM talent and ensure continued U.S. pre-eminence in the international scientific community. Twenty U.S. graduate students and early career scientists had the unique opportunity to discuss their original research among their cohort of awardees and with U.S. and international scientists at all career stages.Highlights the awardees listed when describing their impressions after the Congress in a survey included: meeting foreign colleagues and potential collaborators, discussing their research with distinguished members of the international community, learning about new and emerging techniques and methods in their field of study, finding career opportunities, being exposed to current international research, gaining unique international perspective on research topics of interest, and networking for collaborative opportunities and career development. On collaborations, more than half of awardees met with a current collaborator, and most met a new or potential collaborator or established relationships with other cohort members. Some awardees also discussed career opportunities.
Last Modified: 02/28/2024
Modified by: Ourania Kosti
Please report errors in award information by writing to: awardsearch@nsf.gov.
