A workshop proposal: Building US-China Collaboration in Biodiversity Studies - Frontier Issues, New Approaches, and Opportunities; North Carolina 10/9-11,2015; China 10/13-15, 2015

该奖项将资助在北卡罗来纳州举办的一个研讨会，并让美国研究人员前往中国的一个配套研讨会，讨论美国-中国生物多样性研究的最新进展和新兴领域。研讨会将包括受邀演讲者的主旨演讲、专题小组参与者之间的迷你演讲、讨论时段和实地考察。来自美国和中国的不同参与者将包括来自进化生物学、生态学、系统学和生物信息学领域的知名科学家、初级研究人员、研究生和博士后研究人员。在甄选过程中，将优先考虑来自任职人数不足群体的个人的参与。小组讨论和对北卡罗来纳州沿海、淡水沼泽和山区生态系统的实地考察将促进广泛和非正式的互动，这将促进新的研究方向并激发新的研究合作。美国和中国占据了北美和东亚类似温带纬度的大片地区。这两个区域为生物多样性的比较研究提供了许多机会，从物种的起源、进化和分布，到群落组装、生态系统过程、生态相互作用和可持续性。讲习班参与者将包括早期职业科学家，包括博士后和学生，讨论下一代国际生物多样性研究，并将有来自不同学科和机构的参与者参加。将建立一个网站，以共享会议信息，包括研究演讲、讨论摘要和参与者信息。会议成果还将通过在北卡罗来纳自然科学博物馆、北卡罗来纳州立大学和国家进化合成中心的演讲和展览广泛传播。

This award will support a workshop in North Carolina and travel for U.S. researchers to a companion workshop in China to discuss recent advances and emerging areas in U.S.-China biodiversity research. The workshops will integrate keynote talks from invited speakers, mini-talks among participants in topical groups, discussion periods, and field trips. A diverse group of participants from the U.S. and China will include established scientists, junior researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers from the fields of evolutionary biology, ecology, systematics, and bioinformatics. The involvement of individuals from under-represented groups will be prioritized during the selection process. Group discussions and field trips to coastal, freshwater swamp, and mountain ecosystems in North Carolina will foster broad and informal interactions that will facilitate new research directions and inspire new research collaborations. The United States and China occupy large areas of North America and eastern Asia at similar temperate latitudes. The two regions offer many opportunities for comparative studies of biodiversity, from the origin, evolution, and distribution of species, to community assembly, ecosystem processes, ecological interactions, and sustainability. Workshop participants will include early career scientists, including postdocs and students, in discussions regarding the next generation of international biodiversity research and will involve participants from diverse disciplines and institutions. A website will be constructed to share information from the meeting including research talks, discussion summaries, and participant information. Outcomes from the meetings will also be disseminated broadly through presentations and exhibits at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University, and The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.