NRT: RIP-TIDES: Research Intensive Pedagogical Training of InterDisciplinary Estuarine Scientists

城市化的河口和沿海地区是最容易受到破坏性全球变化压力的地区之一，在这些地区，海平面上升、气温上升和入侵物种与不断增长的人口、加强发展和重要的经济活动相交。需要跨学科的STEM专业人员制定和实施基于证据的适应战略和解决方案，以协调人类建造的环境和自然环境，以支持沿海生态系统和社区的复原力。这项授予旧金山州立大学的国家科学基金会研究培训(NRT)奖将培养新一代硕士水平的毕业生，他们拥有进入STEM和STEM相关职业所需的科学和专业技能，这些职业致力于为面临气候变化影响的城市化沿海地区提供适应、缓解和保护解决方案的研究项目。受训人员将从不同的人群中招募，以提高我国未来STEM专业人员的创造力和成功。该项目预计将培训40(40)至60(60)名MS学生，其中包括40(40)名资助的实习生，他们来自生物系、地球科学系、气候科学系、化学系和地理系；受训者将参加基于Romberg Tiburon环境研究中心的海洋科学跨学科硕士学位课程。该项目将结合课程、跨学科研究经验和专业实习，为擅长在全球变化时期在科学和社会界面上工作的MS研究生提供培训。新的MS课程将包括：(1)综合系列课程和工作坊，提供全球变化对城市化沿海地区影响的综合背景，以及专业和沟通技能培训；(2)政策、管理或公共教育组织的实习；(3)独立研究项目；(4)通过助教获得的教学经验；(5)整个项目中支持学生成功和职业发展的专门建议课程。正式课程将向学生介绍河口和海岸过程的相互关联的方面、生物反应、关键栖息地、人类影响以及与全球变化相关的资源管理问题。研究生研讨会将强调对相关初级文献的批判性阅读。讲习班将涉及专业技能、科学交流、科学写作、数据分析、道德操守和预算编制。我们的计划将培训MS学生通过有效的沟通和教育接触到不同的受众，并支持政策制定者将科学转化为决策信息。受训者将接受指导，开展前沿研究项目，审查全球变化的影响，并阐明在制定解决方案方面富有成效的行动领域。NSF研究培训(NRT)计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革意义的STEM研究生教育培训模式。培训路径致力于通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的综合培训模式，在高度优先的跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。

Urbanized estuaries and coastal regions, where rising sea level, warming temperatures, and invasive species intersect growing human populations, intensifying development, and economically important activities, are among the most vulnerable to the pressures of disruptive global changes. Interdisciplinary STEM professionals are needed to develop and implement evidence-based adaptation strategies and solutions that will harmonize human-built and natural environments to support coastal ecosystem and community resilience. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to San Francisco State University will prepare a new generation of masters-level graduates with the scientific and professional skills needed to enter STEM and STEM-allied careers that address research projects focused on adaptation, mitigation and conservation solutions for urbanized coastal areas confronting the effects of climate change. Trainees will be recruited from a diversity of populations to enhance the creativity and success of our nation's future STEM professionals. The project anticipates training forty (40) to sixty (60) MS students, including forty (40) funded trainees, from the Departments of Biology, Earth and Climate Science, Chemistry, and Geography; trainees will participate in an interdisciplinary MS degree program in Marine Science based at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies.The project will combine coursework, an interdisciplinary research experience, and a professional internship to graduate MS students adept at working at the interface of science and society in a time of global change. The new MS curriculum will consist of: (1) an integrated series of courses and workshops to provide a comprehensive background in global change impacts on urbanized coastal areas and professional and communication skills training; (2) an internship with a policy, management or public education organization; (3) an independent research project; (4) teaching experience through a teaching assistantship; and (5) dedicated advising sessions throughout the program to support student success and professional development. Formal coursework will introduce students to interconnected aspects of estuarine and coastal processes, biotic responses, critical habitats, human impacts, and resource management issues associated with global change. Graduate seminars will emphasize critical reading of relevant primary literature. Workshops will address professional skills, scientific communication, scientific writing, data analysis, ethics and budgeting. Our program will train MS students to reach diverse audiences through effective communication and education, and support policymakers in translating science to inform decisions. Trainees will be mentored in conducting cutting-edge research projects that examine impacts of global change and that illuminate fruitful areas for action in developing solutions. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.