A Workshop to Develop a New CSEDI Science Plan, February 2004

对地球深部内部的研究基本上是一项多学科的活动。美国国家科学基金会的CSEDI计划是在十年前构思的，以促进这种多学科的研究活动。在过去的十年里发生了这么多事情，现在是时候让“深地”社区重新审视CSEDI科学计划，并思考我们希望CSEDI计划如何发展。这项提案要求为一个社区范围的讲习班提供资金，以做到这一点。打破障碍，进行真正的多学科研究是特别重要的，在提高我们对地球的运作方式的理解。拟议的研讨会不仅将评估我们的科学在哪里，而且还将考虑如何最好地进行多学科科学来解决我们面临的问题。

Study of the Earth's Deep Interior is an essentially multidisciplinary activity. The CSEDI program at EAR, NSF was conceived a decade ago to facilitate such multidisciplinary research activities. So much has happened in the last decade that the time is right for the "Deep Earth" community to revisit the CSEDI science plan and think about how we would like the CSEDI program to evolve. This proposal requests funds for a community-wide workshop to do just this. Breaking down barriers to doing truly multidisciplinary research is particularly important in improving our understanding of the way the Earth works. The proposed workshop will not only evaluate where our science is but also will also consider the question of how best to do multidisciplinary science to solve the problems that face us.