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

加州大学古生物学博物馆(UCMP)正在申请资金支持：一个侧重于提高公众对科学的理解的区域战略的讲习班。资金将用于支持为期两天的讲习班，该讲习班将为公众理解科学联盟(COPUS)建立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强有力的桥梁，并确定通过形成区域和专题中心来持续努力的战略。拟议讲习班的主要目标是：(1)审查不同的中心模式；(2)确定和阐明开发和维持区域或专题中心的动机、机会、优势和挑战；(3)分享成功的经验和最佳做法；(4)侧重于建立一个成功的中心的关键需求，包括可由COPUS最好地满足的需求；以及(5)讨论长期联网的需求和战略。讲习班的成果将包括：(1)中心工具包，为有意发展地区或专题中心的其他人提供详细的指导方针；(2)中心工具包；(2)为中心活动争取社区支持的战略，以及可持续发展战略；(3)中心将提供的一套优先活动和支助服务。

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.