Support and Cyberinfrastructure Development for Integrated Network Science in LTER

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。长期生态研究（LTER）项目网络办公室为支持由26个高度分散的野外研究点组成的LTER网络的研究和教育目标提供关键服务。该奖项将有助于为LTER科学和教育开发一个新的跨学科和系统框架。该计划的变革性质将要求在该厅内部和整个网络进行变革。该奖项旨在解决网络基础设施和跨学科研究与教育目标，并结合LTER科学与教育领导和信息管理社区的投入。为了实现所要求的增加能力，需要8个新职位和3个保留职位。新的网络基础设施目标包括完成网络信息系统，管理通过EcoTrends项目创建的越来越多的网络数据库，创建新的综合数据库，以及增加LTER信息管理人员和科学家的培训机会。评估和评价成果的新方法将为该厅和整个长期援助方案网络提供灵活和反应迅速的管理战略。该奖项的影响将在LTER内外广泛感受到。办事处及其伙伴将开发分布式数据服务，用于新的综合研究活动。共同制定生态信息管理标准，开发新的网络基础设施工具，增加教育工作者获取数据的机会，并与其他环境观测网络合作，将为生态研究带来一个更强大、更高效的国家网络基础设施。将通过工作组鼓励扩大合作和广泛的跨学科活动。广泛培训信息管理人员、科学家和学生使用新的协作工具是一个核心组成部分。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The Network Office of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program provides critical services in support of the research and education goals of the LTER network of 26 highly dispersed field research sites. This award will enable development of a new interdisciplinary and systematic framework for LTER science and education. The transformative nature of the plan will require changes both within the Office and across the network. This award addresses network cyberinfrastructure and interdisciplinary research and education goals, incorporating input from the LTER science and education leadership and information management community. In order to achieve the increased capabilities called for, eight new positions and three retained positions are required. New cyberinfrastructure goals include completion of the network information system, management of increased numbers of network databases created through the EcoTrends project, creation of new synthetic databases, and increased training opportunities for LTER information managers and scientists. New approaches to assessment and evaluation of the outcomes will inform a flexible and responsive management strategy for the Office and the LTER network as a whole. The impacts of this award will be felt widely inside and outside LTER. Distributed data services will be developed by the Office and its partners and used in new synthetic research activities. Co-development of standards for ecological information management, development of new cyberinfrastructure tools, increased access to data for educators, and collaboration with other environmental observing networks will lead to a more robust and efficient national cyberinfrastructure for ecological research. Expanded collaborations and broad-scale transdisciplinary activities will be encouraged through working groups. Extensive training of information managers, scientists, and students in use of the new collaborative tools is a central component.