Planning proposal: Strenghtening Research and Academic Opportunities at the Robert J. Bernard Field Station

克莱蒙学院获得规划拨款，以开发一个综合协作研究网络，重点关注南加州生态系统的生物监测和保护。 这项工作的核心将是罗伯特·J·伯纳德野外站（BFS; http：//bfs.claremont.edu/）。这笔赠款将用于支持两个研讨会，使南加州的研究人员和土地管理人员聚集在一起，以实现以下目标：（1）建立一个合作者网络，重点关注生态学，生物多样性和保护南加州生态系统;（2）设计一个生物和气候监测计划在BFS，为未来的研究和教育活动奠定基础;提高收集、获取、存档和传播生态和气候数据集的能力。这一努力的一个产品将是一个10年的战略计划，将概述生物和气候监测计划和数据管理计划在BFS的实施，并描述如何将这些计划纳入克莱蒙学院和合作机构的课程。这些规划工作将以区域研究为重点，为克莱蒙学院的学生提供多样化的研究机会，并利用克莱蒙学院的独特位置，在区域生态学和生物多样性研究中发挥领导作用。这一规划工作将促进对南加州生态系统感兴趣的研究人员之间的交流，并通过普遍获取有关生物区系的数据，创造新的科学和知识克莱蒙学院希望研究人员和土地管理人员之间的合作也将导致新的区域多学科项目的发展。因此，这一规划工作将通过鼓励区域学院和大学之间的合作，间接增加代表性不足群体的机会，其中许多学院和大学彼此相距不到100英里，并有自己的地方外地站或保护区。

The Claremont Colleges is awarded a planning grant to develop an integrated and collaborative research network focusing on the biomonitoring and conservation of Southern California ecosystems. The centerpiece of this effort will be the Robert J. Bernard Field Station (BFS; http://bfs.claremont.edu/). The grant will support two workshops to bring together Southern California researchers and land managers to achieve the following goals: (1) develop a network of collaborators focusing on the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of Southern California ecosystems; (2) design a biological and climate monitoring program at BFS that provides a foundation for future research and educational activities; and (3) improve the ability to collect, access, archive and disseminate ecological and climatic data sets. A product of this effort will be a 10-year strategic plan that will outline the implementation of bio- and climate monitoring programs and a data management program at the BFS and describe how these programs can be incorporated into curricula at the Claremont Colleges and collaborating institutions. These planning efforts will have a regional research focus to provide diverse research opportunities for students at the Claremont Colleges and exploit the unique location of the Claremont Colleges to play a leadership role in regional ecology and biodiversity research.This planning effort will facilitate communication among researchers interested in Southern California ecosystems and enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about the biota in Southern California and the environment that sustains it. The Claremont Colleges expect that collaboration among researchers and land managers will also result in the development of new regional multi-disciplinary projects. As such, this planning effort will indirectly enhance opportunities for underrepresented groups by encouraging the collaboration among regional colleges and universities, many of which are less than 100 miles from each other and have their own local field stations or preserves.