A Planning Workshop for Engaging the Scientific Community in Improving the Public Understanding of Science

这一奖项为一个为期两天的规划研讨会提供资金，该研讨会将把一个由关注提高公众对科学的理解的有影响力的人组成的小工作组聚集在一起。讲习班的主要目标将是讨论科学界应如何应对日益增长的对科学的不信任，并就如何建立一种持久的国家努力提出一套建议，最终使公众更好地了解科学。商界、学术界、教育界和国会各界越来越担心，美国在科学和技术方面都在落后。与此同时，人们似乎达成了广泛的共识，即整个科学风气正受到不知情或故意的力量的攻击。人们对科学知之甚少，而且经常对公众、新闻媒体和政治决策者歪曲事实。如果公众要支持恢复美国科学领导地位的努力，对科学的性质和价值的知情理解是必要的。这次研讨会将确定将以协调和持续的方式解决这些问题的战略。这次研讨会将是在以下方面迈出的重要的第一步：确定错误信息的来源和公众对科学的困惑，确定纠正这种错误信息和困惑的行动，确定现有的或应该开发的可以提高公众对科学的理解的产品和计划，以及建立一个可以建立在现有计划的基础上的网络，以创建持续的国家努力，最终导致公众对科学的更大理解。

This award provides funding for support of a two-day planning workshop that will bring together a small working group of influential people concerned about improving the public understanding of science. The primary goal of the workshop will be to discuss how the scientific community should respond to the growing mistrust of science and to develop a set of recommendations on how to create a sustained national effort that will ultimately result in a greater public understanding of science. There are growing concerns from all sectors business, academia, educators, Congress that the United States is falling behind in both science and technology. At the same time, there appears to be broad consensus that the entire scientific ethos is under assault by uninformed or intentional forces. Science is poorly understood and often misrepresented to the public, the news media, and to political decision-makers. Informed understanding of the nature and value of science is necessary if the public is going to support efforts to restore Americas scientific leadership. This workshop will identify strategies that will address these issues in a coordinated and sustained manner. This workshop will be an important first step in identifying the sources of misinformation and public confusion about science and determining actions to correct that misinformation and confusion, identifying products and programs that exist or should be developed that could improve the public understanding of science, and developing a network that can build on existing programs to create a sustained national effort that will ultimately result in a greater public understanding of science.