IGERT: Novel ecosystems, rapid change, and no-analog conditions: the future of biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes

IGERT：新颖的生态系统、快速变化和非模拟条件：人类主导景观中生物多样性保护的未来

• 批准号: 1144752
• 负责人: Volker Radeloff
• 金额: $ 299.96万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 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 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144752&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Novel; ecosystems; rapid; change

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award trains the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists to design biodiversity conservation strategies in the face of novel environments, and develops an integrative program of experiential learning, engaged scholarship, and problem-focused research on biodiversity conservation.Intellectual Merit: Humans are now the dominant biogeographic, evolutionary, and climatic force on Earth. As we change the environment ever more rapidly, new climate conditions are emerging that have no historical analogs, novel ecosystems are flourishing, and people are creating new land use patterns and demographic, economic, and political realities. This program will support a community of practice in which social scientists, climatologists, ecologists, computer scientists, geneticists, economists, statisticians, remote sensing specialists and others collaborate in interdisciplinary teams to find solutions for future biodiversity conservation in novel environments.Broader Impacts: This IGERT award advances discovery and understanding by integrating research and experiential learning, and by establishing and strengthening collaborations among disciplines within UW-Madison, and with partners in government, conservation organizations, and abroad. A participatory research approach will ensure broad dissemination of findings, thereby enhancing scientific understanding and social benefits. A suite of new graduate seminars will train students in collaborating, and in communicating with broader audiences, and in integrating research and education. Continuing feedback from agencies and communities will ensure that results are relevant for policy formulation at both state and national levels, and program elements have been designed to engage students from underrepresented groups in partnership with existing on- and off-campus organizations.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists 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培训（IGERT）奖培养下一代跨学科科学家在面对新环境时设计生物多样性保护策略，并开发体验式学习，参与奖学金和以问题为中心的生物多样性保护研究的综合计划。智力优势：人类现在是地球上占主导地位的地理，进化和气候力量。随着环境的变化越来越快，新的气候条件正在出现，历史上没有类似的情况，新的生态系统正在蓬勃发展，人们正在创造新的土地使用模式以及人口，经济和政治现实。该计划将支持一个实践社区，其中社会科学家，气候学家，生态学家，计算机科学家，遗传学家，经济学家，统计学家，遥感专家和其他人在跨学科团队中合作，为未来在新环境中保护生物多样性找到解决方案。这个IGERT奖通过整合研究和体验式学习来促进发现和理解，并通过建立和加强威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校内学科之间的合作，并与政府，保护组织和国外的合作伙伴。参与性研究方法将确保研究结果的广泛传播，从而增强科学理解和社会效益。一套新的研究生研讨会将培养学生在合作，并在与更广泛的受众沟通，并在整合研究和教育。来自机构和社区的持续反馈将确保结果与州和国家层面的政策制定相关，并且计划元素的设计旨在与现有的校内和校外组织合作，吸引来自代表性不足群体的学生。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在应对教育美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在为研究生教育和培训建立新的模式，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造肥沃的环境，并让学生了解研究转化为创新以造福社会的过程。