Outreach Workshop for Geoscientists

该奖项支持一个为期两天的规划研讨会，该研讨会将汇集对外展感兴趣的地球科学社区成员。研讨会的目的是分享和分析经验，以确定成功、困难和需求的模式，并描绘当前的工作模式。总体目标将是开始设计一个更大的网络，使地球科学研究界参与进来，并确定资源/支持系统，这些系统将证明对地球科学家有帮助，这些地球科学家正在努力如何在不减损他们的研究的情况下进行有效的外联。自1997年标准2问世以来，教育和推广活动的计划被鼓励作为成功的NSF提案的先决条件。在确定成功的模式和向研究界提供更具体的指导和支持方面，几乎没有做出任何努力。本次研讨会将确定成功的标准2项目，并确定所面临的障碍和这些推广工作所带来的好处。通过记录这些案例研究，可以与其他研究科学家分享有效推广策略的经过验证的技能和模型。本次研讨会将是重要的第一步，为科学研究人员提供联系、工具和持续的支持，以规划和实施有价值的、可行的外展项目，发展一个网络，作为地球科学家的资源/支持团体，为如何在不影响他们的研究的情况下进行有效的外展工作而努力，在地球科学研究界发起一种文化转变，在这种转变中，人们越来越认识到外展的价值。并就NSF标准2的要求向地球科学界提供指导。

The award supports a two-day planning workshop that will bring together members of the geoscience community interested in outreach. The purpose of the workshop is to share and analyze experiences in order to identify patterns of success, difficulties, and needs and to delineate current working models. The overall goal will be to initiate the design of a larger network to engage the geoscience research community and to identify resource/support systems that will prove helpful for geoscientists struggling with how to do effective outreach without detracting from their research. Since the advent of Criterion 2 in 1997, plans for education and outreach activities have been encouraged as a pre-requisite for successful NSF proposals. Little effort has been made to identify successful models and to offer more concrete guidance and support to the research community. This workshop will identify successful Criterion 2 projects and identify both the hurdles faced and the benefits resulting from these outreach efforts. By documenting these case studies, proven skills and models for effective outreach strategies can be shared with other research scientists. This workshop will be an important first step in providing science researchers with the contacts, tools, and ongoing support to plan and implement valuable and viable outreach programs, developing a network that can serve as a resource/support group for geoscientists struggling with how to do effective outreach without detracting from their research, initiating a cultural shift within the geoscience research community, in which there is increased recognition of the value of outreach, and providing guidance to the geoscience community regarding the requirements of the NSF Criterion 2.