Collaborative Research: Fostering Collaborative, Inerdisciplinary Relationships Among the "New Generation" of Polar Researchers Participating in the IPY

下一代极地研究（NGPR）研讨会的目标是汇集来自不同自然、物理和社会科学学科的过去、现在和“新”极地研究人员，并在2007年国际极地年（IPY）期间培养跨学科的互动。这将使新一代人对历史和目的有一个共同的认识，增加他们对彼此工作的了解，使他们能够在学术之外传达极地地区及其特定研究的本质，并促进极地年期间和未来几年研究之间的联系。最终的结果将是一群科学家准备好继承国际和平年的传统，更好地处理当今和未来的紧迫科学问题，以及一组可以在他们的职业生涯中蓬勃发展的大学关系。该提案支持NGPR研讨会，该研讨会建立在1994年至2005年举行的8次DIALOG研讨会的成功以及2003年和2006年DISCCRS研讨会的积极评价的基础上。它还纳入了2003年10月由美国国家科学基金会的环境生物复杂性倡议资助的研讨会的建议。研讨会汇集了一群跨学科的博士毕业生、从事跨学科研究的顶尖学者和领导力培训项目的负责人，以确定促进自然-社会科学鸿沟之间互动的方法。该项目是2007国际极地年期间涉及极地科学新研究人员的一系列项目的一部分。

The goal of the Next Generation Polar Research (NGPR) Symposium is to bring together past, current, and "new" polar investigators from diverse natural, physical and social science disciplines and to cultivate crossdisciplinary interactions during the International Polar Year 2007 (IPY). This will provide the new generation with a common sense of history and purpose, increase their understanding of each others' work, give them insights for conveying the essence of polar regions and their particular research beyond academia, and promote connections among research during IPY and in the years ahead. The net result will be a cadre of scientists prepared to carry on the IPY tradition and better equipped to handle pressing science questions of today and tomorrow, and a set of collegial connections that can flourish over their professional lifetimes. This proposal supports the NGPR symposium that builds on the success of 8 DIALOG symposia held between 1994 and 2005 plus the positive evaluations from the 2003 and 2006 DISCCRS symposia. It also incorporates recommendations from an October, 2003 workshop funded through NSF's Biocomplexity in the Environment initiative. The workshop brought together a group of recent interdisciplinary Ph.D. graduates, top scholars working on interdisciplinary research, and directors of leadership training programs to identify ways to foster interactions across the natural-social-science divide. This project is part of a suite of projects to involve new polar investigators in polar science during IPY 2007.