Proposal for Consultations to Identify The Role of Geochronology in Transformative Earth Sciences Research

该奖项为2014年Goldschmidt会议和美国地质学会会议期间地质年代学生产者和消费者社区的审议和磋商提供支持。其目标是记录地质年代学利益相关者的智力和技术目标，并将这些愿望转化为建议，以便NSF地球科学部在优先考虑资助计划时予以考虑。拟议的会议将允许社区参与确定地质年代学可能优先支持的领域，确定地质年代学消费者需求中的差距，并预测下一代科学家的培训和教育需求。在这些磋商期间收集的信息将由指导委员会汇编，并整合在一份报告中，包括调查结果和建议，预计出版日期为2014年12月。

This award provides support for committee deliberations and consultations with the geochronology producer and consumer communities during the Goldschmidt Conference and Geological Society of America Meeting in 2014. The goal is to document the intellectual and technical goals of geochronology stakeholders and translate those aspirations into suggestions that NSF's Division of Earth Sciences can consider in prioritizing funding initiatives. The proposed meetings will allow community input into defining the areas of potential priority support for geochronology, identify gaps in the requirements of geochronologic consumers, and forecast the training and education needs of the next generation of scientists. Information gathered during these consultations will be compiled by the steering committee and consolidated in a report, including findings and recommendations, with an expected publication date of December, 2014.