Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

美国国家科学基金会正在对大气和地球空间科学部(AGS)地球空间科学(GS)部门的设施、科学计划和其他活动进行组合审查。项目组合审查在一定程度上是国家科学基金会对国家研究委员会(NRC)2013年十年调查《太阳和空间物理：技术社会的科学》中为地球航天科学界强调的建议的回应。这项审查是由一个投资组合审查委员会(PRC)进行的，该委员会由NSF在其地球科学咨询委员会下组织。国家科学基金会表示，这次审查以及由此对地球航天科组合进行的任何调整的主要目标是，确保现在和未来对地球航天科学学科和各自设施的投资与地球航天科学界的需要和优先事项以及资助与国家优先事项相关的尖端科学研究方面的国家利益相一致。该项目在国家研究理事会的主持下，将审查项目组合审查(PR)，并承担以下任务：(1)确定PR的发现、结论和建议与NRC十年调查中强调的问题和优先事项的一致性程度，(2)检查GS部门针对十年调查已经采取的行动，(3)前瞻性地关注所有GS资助的设施、计划和活动的潜力，以实现所需的科学成果。以及(4)就一般事务科应如何在国家科学基金会/地球科学战略规划进程的背景下执行十年调查的优先事项提出一套明确的建议。该奖项所涵盖的活动将由一个最多由12名成员组成的委员会完成，这些成员将在空间研究委员会及其太阳和空间物理常设委员会(空间物理常设委员会)的主持下任命。该委员会将在五个月内举行最多三次会议。委员会对一般事务人员组合审查的分析和评价将以其集体专长为基础，并辅之以在研究过程中独立收集的信息和数据。

The National Science Foundation is conducting a portfolio review for the facilities, science programs, and other activities of the Geospace Sciences (GS) section in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS). The portfolio review is, in part, a response by the NSF to the recommendations highlighted for the Geospace scientific community in the National Research Council's (NRC) 2013 Decadal Survey, "Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society". The review is being carried out by a Portfolio Review Committee (PRC), organized by NSF under its Advisory Committee for Geosciences. NSF has stated that the primary goal of the review, and of any resulting adjustments of the Geospace Section's portfolio, is to ensure that investments in the Geospace science disciplines and respective facilities are properly aligned, both now and in the future, with the needs and priorities of the Geospace scientific community and with the interests of the nation in funding cutting edge scientific research of relevance to national priorities. This project, under the auspices of the National Research Council, will examine the portfolio review (PR) and undertake the following tasks: (1) determine how well the PR's findings, conclusions and recommendation align with the issues and priorities highlighted in the NRC decadal survey, (2) examine actions already taken by the GS section in response to the decadal survey, (3) provide a forward-looking focus on the potential of all GS funded facilities, programs and activities for delivering the desired science outcomes, and (4) provide a clear set of recommendations on how the GS section should implement the decadal survey's priorities within the context of the NSF/Geosciences strategic planning process. The activities covered by this award will be done by a committee of up to 12 members who will be appointed under the auspices of the Space Studies Board and its Standing Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP). The committee will meet up to three times over a five-month period. The committee's analysis and evaluation of the GS portfolio review will be based on its collective expertise supplemented by information and data gathered independently during the course of the study.