A Workshop to Focus on Regional Strategies for Improving the Public Understanding of Science, Tampa Bay Florida, spring 2008

加州大学古生物博物馆（UCMP）正在申请资金支持：一个以提高公众对科学理解的区域战略为重点的研讨会。资金将用于支持一个为期两天的讲习班，该讲习班将为实现公众理解科学联盟（COPUS）可扩展和可持续的网络结构奠定基础。会议将侧重于在利益攸关方之间建立更牢固的桥梁，并通过建立区域和专题中心确定持续努力的战略。本次研讨会的主要目标是：(1)研究不同的中心模式；(2)确定并阐明发展和维护区域或专题中心的动机、机遇、优势和挑战；(3)分享成功经验和最佳实践；(4)关注成功中心的关键需求，包括COPUS最能满足的需求；(5)讨论长期网络的需求和战略。工作坊的产品包括：(1)一个中心工具包，为有兴趣发展区域或专题中心的其他人提供详细的指导方针，一份让社区参与科学的核心活动建议清单，为中心活动争取社区支持的战略，以及可持续性战略，(2)在COPUS网络内扩展中心系统的程序计划，以及(3)COPUS将提供的一系列优先活动和支持服务。

The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) is requesting funds to support: A Workshop to Focus on Regional Strategies for Improving the Public Understanding of Science. Funds will be used to support a two-day workshop that will lay the groundwork for achieving a scalable and sustainable network structure for the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS). The meeting will focus on building stronger bridges among stakeholders and identifying strategies for sustaining efforts through the formation of regional and thematic hubs. The primary goals of the proposed workshop are (1) to examine different hub models, (2) to identify and articulate motivations, opportunities, advantages, and challenges of developing and maintaining a regional or thematic hub, (3) to share successes and best practices, (4) to focus on critical needs for a successful hub, including those that can best be met by COPUS, and (5) to discuss needs and strategies for long-term networking. The products of the workshop will include: (1) a Hub Toolkit that provides detailed guidelines for others interested in developing a regional or thematic hub, a suggested list of core activities around which to engage the community in science, strategies for enlisting community support for hub activities, and strategies for sustainability, (2) a procedural plan for the expansion of the hub systems within the COPUS network, and (3) a set of prioritized activities and support services to be provided by COPUS.