IGERT: Water SENSE - Water Social, Engineering, and Natural Sciences Engagement

IGERT：Water SENSE - 水社会、工程和自然科学参与

• 批准号: 1144635
• 负责人: Mary Gauvain
• 金额: $ 257.76万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144635&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Water; SENSE; Social; Engineering

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports inter-disciplinary graduate training in research that can improve water quantity and quality, thereby reducing exposure to waterborne diseases, increasing potable water supplies, and improving hu-man well-being. Water is an increasingly important factor in determining human well-being in the future, as the world?s population increases from 6.5 billion to 9 billion by 2050. As the de-veloping world?s population urbanizes, the demand for water worldwide will increase signifi-cantly. Since water scarcity has a direct link to water contamination, the future outlook for water-related morbidity and mortality is bleak, especially in the absence of major public interventions. Water scarcity also portends worldwide political instability as more people and nations compete for this vital resource. Intellectual Merit: Multidisciplinary teams will integrate their disciplinary knowledge towards solution of the complex and severe water problems in the California-Mexico border region. Five major research themes have been identified: public education, water policy/management, water-borne contaminant detection/effects, vector/disease control, and water treatment and remediation. Through coursework and collaborative team projects with government agencies, trainees will experience the translation of research outcomes to implemented public policy.Broader Impacts: The Water SENSE IGERT will produce scholars who can work in leadership positions in government, private, and nonprofit organizations interested in improving community health and child development outcomes via improved water supply, utilization, and management. Students will be trained in all aspects of water and waterborne disease management, including designing, executing and evaluating water-based interventions in close consultation with ? and the active participation of ? the intended beneficiaries. Other goals are to increase recruitment and retention, and to increase the ethnic diversity, of students in NSF-supported disciplines.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scien-tists 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 establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit.

该综合研究生教育和研究实习 (IGERT) 奖项支持跨学科研究生研究培训，以改善水量和质量，从而减少水传播疾病的暴露，增加饮用水供应，并改善人类福祉。到 2050 年，世界人口将从 65 亿增至 90 亿，水将成为决定人类未来福祉的一个日益重要的因素。随着发展中国家人口的城市化，全球对水的需求将大幅增加。由于水资源短缺与水污染有直接联系，因此与水有关的发病率和死亡率的未来前景黯淡，特别是在缺乏重大公共干预的情况下。随着越来越多的人和国家争夺这一重要资源，水资源短缺也预示着全球政治不稳定。智力优势：多学科团队将整合他们的学科知识来解决加州和墨西哥边境地区复杂而严重的水问题。已确定五个主要研究主题：公共教育、水政策/管理、水传播污染物检测/影响、病媒/疾病控制以及水处理和修复。通过课程作业和与政府机构的合作团队项目，学员将体验如何将研究成果转化为实施的公共政策。 更广泛的影响：Water SENSE IGERT 将培养能够在政府、私人和非营利组织中担任领导职务的学者，他们对通过改善供水、利用和管理来改善社区健康和儿童发展成果感兴趣。学生将接受水和水传播疾病管理各个方面的培训，包括与？密切协商设计、执行和评估基于水的干预措施。和积极参与？预期受益人。其他目标是增加 NSF 支持学科的学生招募和保留，并增加种族多样性。IGERT 是 NSF 范围内的一项计划，旨在应对美国博士学位教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景、对所选学科有深入了解以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的科学家和工程师。该项目旨在在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立研究生教育和培训的新模式，并让学生了解将研究转化为社会效益创新的过程。