Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) National Communications Office (LNCO)

在全球急剧变化、人类人口趋势不断变化以及传播和网络的广泛数字化的时代，向不同利益相关者传播科学的需求正在迅速变化。该奖项支持一个新的和灵活的通信办公室，将带来，长期生态研究（LTER）网络，创新的能力，互动，共享信息，综合数据，并在研究，通信和教育的所有领域内外的网络合作。新的方案和活动将鼓励和促进教育和培训的多样性，以加强与公众、地方、地区和联邦机构以及非政府和非营利机构的沟通和联系。向科学界和社会提供的支助服务将充分利用最新的技术创新，这些技术创新受到新出现的社会文化见解的影响，以制定新的战略，促进有效的沟通，并使更具创造性的合作研究成为可能。扩大远程教育和应急反应社区与网络外其他研究人员和利益攸关方之间的接触，并向目标受众传播远程教育和应急反应科学发现以及与政策和管理有关的知识。通信办公室将建立一个有效和有吸引力的网站，包括在线研究论坛、多媒体研究重点以及获得提高对远程应急反应网络的认识和参与的工具和服务。与环境科学与管理学院的战略环境传播和媒体计划以及环境传播和媒体（海洋科学的外联，传播和培训）的新的最先进设施的伙伴关系将利用先进的科学传播和教育资源。外空事务厅将确定和部署资源，以最大限度地利用机会，在整个长期应急反应网络中进行综合。将支持综合工作组和分布式研究生研讨会，专题由长期应急措施和其他研究界确定。 将通过三年一次的全体科学家会议、与其他专业会议同时举行的年度会议以及促进和促成虚拟的远程环境和应急反应网络互动和团队科学来支持更多的网络建设。通信办公室将支持LTER教育和培训，结合使用科学传播和环境媒体方面的面对面和虚拟培训，促进合作技能的培训，以及开放综合科学方面的研究生/早期职业培训。通过对远程教育和应急反应教育委员会的支持和协调，通信办公室将成为最佳做法、评价指标和学生跟踪工具等专题的信息中心。它将帮助确定和培养长期应急教育和培训工作的新伙伴，并将通过与促进得不到充分服务的群体参与的多个社团和组织合作，鼓励和促进多样性。所有活动都将使用当代形成性和总结性评估进行评估，以促进在整个LTER网络中采取适应性方法来推进沟通，综合和教育。

The needs for science communication to diverse stakeholders are changing rapidly in an era of dramatic global change, shifting human demographic trends, and the widespread digital nature of communication and networking. This award supports a new and nimble Communications Office that will bring, to the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network, innovative capabilities to interact, share information, synthesize data, and collaborate in all areas of research, communication, and education both within and outside of the network. New programs and activities will encourage and promote diversity in education and training to enhance communication and outreach to the public; to local, regional, and federal agencies; and to non-governmental and non-profit agencies. The support services provided to the scientific community and to society will take full advantage of recent technological innovations that are informed by emerging socio-cultural insights to develop new strategies for effective communication and for enabling more creative collaborative research.Project goals for communication and outreach are to cultivate relationships and synthetic team science within the LTER community, broaden engagements between the LTER community and other researchers and stakeholders outside the network, and disseminate LTER scientific discoveries and policy- and management-relevant knowledge to targeted audiences. The Communications Office will develop an effective and engaging web presence featuring online research fora, multi-media research highlights, and access to tools and services that build awareness and participation in the LTER Network. Partnerships with the Strategic Environmental Communications and Media Program at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and with a new, state-of-the-art facility in environmental communications and media (Outreach, Communication, and Training for Ocean Science) will leverage sophisticated science communication and education resources. The Office will identify and deploy resources to maximize opportunities for synthesis across the LTER network. Synthesis working groups and distributed graduate seminars will be supported, with topics identified by the LTER and other research communities. Additional networking will be supported through the triennial All Scientists' Meeting, annual meetings held in conjunction with other professional meetings, and promotion and enabling of virtual LTER network interactions and team science. The Communications Office will support LTER education and training using a combination of in-person and virtual training in science communication and environmental media, training in facilitating collaboration skills, and graduate/early-career training in open synthesis science. Through support and coordination of the LTER Education Committee, the Communications Office will serve as an information hub on topics such as best practices, evaluation metrics and tools for student tracking. It will help identify and cultivate new partners for LTER education and training efforts, and will encourage and promote diversity through collaboration with multiple societies and organizations that promote participation by under-served groups. All activities will be evaluated using contemporary formative and summative assessments, facilitating an adaptive approach to advancing communication, synthesis, and education across the LTER network.