IGERT: Adaptation to Change in Water Resources: Science to Inform Decision-making Across Disciplines, Cultures and Scales

IGERT：适应水资源变化：科学为跨学科、文化和规模的决策提供信息

• 批准号: 1249400
• 负责人: Timothy Link
• 金额: $ 310万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1249400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Adaptation; Change; Water; Resources

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award prepares Ph.D. students at the University of Idaho with the tools to address the effects of climate change and human population dynamics upon physical, ecological, and social systems. The program provides trainees with an interdisciplinary water resources education that promotes socially responsible practice in research and the development of innovative approaches to problem solving. Intellectual Merit: The goal of this IGERT program is to train future scientists who will develop adaptation strategies for the short-term and long-term impacts of climate change and population dynamics on water supply and demand. Trainees will integrate changes in infrastructure, legal and institutional structure, and ecological responses into their adaption strategies. While studying the Columbia River Basin in the U.S. and Canada, and the Biobío River Basin in Chile, trainees will research landscape level water quantity and quality, regulated and unregulated river systems, and social networks of institutions and organizations that will use the science in decision making. The program will provide trainees with courses, workshops, and informal activities to foster collaboration.Broader Impacts: Trainees will learn about how the various professions supporting sustainable water resource management are interconnected within the larger social, cultural, and legal context. Trainees will also collaborate with the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance to bridge the discussions between science and policy. Additionally, through this IGERT, the University of Idaho will partner with the University of Concepción, Catholic University of Chile, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Saskatchewan. Students will be recruited from underrepresented groups, especially Native Americans, who are directly affected by water resources problems in the basins.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.

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖准备博士学位。爱达荷州大学的学生们用工具来解决气候变化和人类人口动态对物理、生态和社会系统的影响。该计划为学员提供跨学科的水资源教育，促进研究中的社会责任实践和解决问题的创新方法的发展。智力优势：IGERT计划的目标是培养未来的科学家，他们将为气候变化和人口动态对水资源供需的短期和长期影响制定适应战略。学员将把基础设施、法律的和体制结构以及生态对策方面的变化纳入其适应战略。在研究美国和加拿大的哥伦比亚河流域以及智利的比奥比奥河流域时，学员将研究景观水平的水量和水质，受管制和不受管制的河流系统，以及将科学用于决策的机构和组织的社交网络。该计划将为学员提供课程，研讨会和非正式活动，以促进合作。更广泛的影响：学员将了解支持可持续水资源管理的各种专业是如何在更大的社会，文化和法律的背景下相互联系的。学员还将与哥伦比亚河流治理大学联盟合作，在科学和政策之间的讨论中架起桥梁。此外，通过这个IGERT，爱达荷州大学将与康塞普西翁大学，智利天主教大学，不列颠哥伦比亚省大学和萨斯喀彻温大学合作。学生将从代表性不足的群体中招募，特别是美洲原住民，他们直接受到流域水资源问题的影响。IGERT是一个全国性的项目，旨在应对教育美国博士的挑战。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。