IGERT:REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH): From genes to ecosystems, science to society

IGERT：应对快速环境变化 (REACH)：从基因到生态系统，从科学到社会

• 批准号: 0801430
• 负责人: Sharon Strauss
• 金额: $ 317.15万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0801430&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; REsponding; RApid; Environmental; CHange

While shifting global climate and concomitant biological responses have always been part of Earth's history, the rapidity of current human-mediated environmental change is unprecedented. The most important of such changes include global warming, habitat loss and the introduction of species to novel geographic areas. Biologically, species may respond to rapidly changing environments through altered morphology, behavior or physiology. Humans uniquely adapt to environmental change by learning from the past, forecasting the future, and by using public policies to shape behavior. The goal of this Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) renewal award is to develop a multidisciplinary understanding of the biological and social mechanisms needed to respond to rapid environmental change. The dynamism of environmental problems means that solutions must be on-going accomplishments, requiring continuing commitment to monitoring, management, and adaptation. Graduate students, trained through coursework, research collaborations, and internships, will become proficient in the fundamental scientific and social issues involved in responding to rapid environmental change. Students will also organize workshops that bring together citizens, agency representatives, policymakers, non-governmental organizations and industry. New collaborations with Howard University and California State University-Fullerton will expand efforts to broaden participation. Because environmental change is global in scope, students will have opportunities to develop international collaborations through internships and research activities. All of the activities of the past and proposed IGERT make direct contributions to solving society's most pressing environmental problems. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

尽管转移全球气候和随之而来的生物反应一直是地球历史的一部分，但当前人类介导的环境变化的速度是前所未有的。此类变化中最重要的包括全球变暖，栖息地丧失以及将物种引入新的地理区域。从生物学上讲，物种可以通过改变形态，行为或生理学来应对迅速变化的环境。人类通过从过去学习，预测未来以及使用公共政策来塑造行为来独特地适应环境变化。这种综合研究生教育和研究训练（IGERT）续签奖的目标是对响应快速环境变化所需的生物学和社会机制有多学科的了解。环境问题的活力意味着解决方案必须取得持续的成就，需要继续承诺监控，管理和适应。通过课程，研究合作和实习培训的研究生将精通响应快速环境变化的基本科学和社会问题。学生还将组织研讨会，将公民，代理代表，政策制定者，非政府组织和行业融合在一起。 与霍华德大学和加利福尼亚州立大学 - 富勒顿的新合作将扩大努力以扩大参与。 由于环境变化是全球性的范围，因此学生将有机会通过实习和研究活动开发国际合作。过去和拟议的伊格特（Igert）的所有活动都为解决社会最紧迫的环境问题做出了直接贡献。 IGERT是一项旨在应对美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在肥沃的环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训的新模型来促进研究生教育的文化变革，以超越传统学科界限的合作研究。