French-American Science Symposium. Developing Partnerships for Sustainable Water Management and Agriculture in the context of Climate and Global Change

美国/法国关于可持续水资源管理和农业的联合研讨会这一奖项授予普渡大学(PU)将支持一个为期两天的研讨会，以促进美国和法国科学家在水资源管理、水质、全球气候变化和农业研究等关键战略研究领域的科学和教育交流。此次会议面向来自法国和美国机构的与会者，包括大学、研究实验室、行业以及公共和私营部门的政策制定者。该奖项将支持多达50名美国教职员工和20名美国学生参加研讨会。研讨会是由巴黎大学全球工程计划和法国驻芝加哥领事馆科学专员共同组织的。NSF的资金利用了经济合作与发展组织和许多法国研究机构的支持，如国家科学研究中心、国家农业研究所和发展研究所。全球气候变化及其对水量和水质的相关影响极大地影响着世界各地数百万个人和社会的日常生活。美国和法国的情况也是如此，这两个国家正在出现需要可持续水管理和粮食安全工具和政策的警告信号。研讨会将发展新的法美农业可持续水资源管理伙伴关系，为改善研究、教育和发展机会奠定基础，以解决：(1)水资源短缺/极端情况下的水资源管理；(2)人类活动对农业水质的影响和农业活动对水质的影响；(3)饮用水质量；(3)与气候变化有关的问题及其对地下水的影响；(4)多尺度水和土地利用建模和不确定性；(5)将物理、社会学、社会科学与政策相结合；(6)教育创新；(7)加强产学研之间的互动和协同作用。这些挑战并不是伙伴国家独有的。它们超越国界，影响粮食安全、生物多样性和土著物种、洪水控制、人类活动(工业、农业、城市化)和生态系统的界面、准确预测和测量土壤-气候-作物系统相互作用的工具，以及全球有能力的科学家和工程师的教育。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室和水文科学计划共同支持。

A Joint U.S. / French Symposium on Sustainable Water Management and Agriculture0968578This award to Purdue University (PU) will support a two-day workshop to promote scientific and educational exchange between U.S. and French scientists in the key strategic research areas of water resources management, water quality, global climate change, and agricultural research. The meeting is intended for attendees from French and U.S. institutions, including universities, research labs, industry and policy-makers from public and private sectors. The award will support the participation of up to 50 U.S. faculty and 20 U.S. students in the workshop. The workshop is organized by Global Engineering Program at PU and the scientific attaché of the French Consulate in Chicago. The NSF funding leverages support for the symposium from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and numerous French research institutions such as the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, and the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement.Global climate change and the related effects on water quantity and quality extremes impact the daily lives of millions of individuals and societies around the world. This is also the case in the United States and in France, where warning signs for the need of sustainable water management and food security tools and policies are surfacing. The symposium will develop new Franco-American partnerships for sustainable water management in agriculture that will lay the groundwork for improved research, education and development opportunities to address: (1) water resource management under water shortage/extremes; (2) impact of human activities on agricultural water quality and water quality impact of agricultural activities; (3) drinking water quality; (3) climate changes related issues and impact on ground water; (4) multi-scale water and land-use modeling and uncertainties; (5) integration of physical, sociological, social sciences to policy; (6) innovation in education; and (7) the enhancement of interaction and synergies between industries and academic institutions. These challenges are not unique to the partner countries. They go beyond their borders to impact food security, biodiversity and indigenous species, flood control, the interface of human activity (industry, agriculture, urbanization) and eco-systems, tools for accurate prediction and measurement of soil-climate-crop system interactions, and the education of globally competent scientist and engineers. This award is jointly supported by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering and the Hydrological Sciences Program.