NSF INCLUDES: Collaborative Research: Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge to Transform Learning and Discovery in the Geosciences

这一项目的重点是寻找包容性的方法，以扩大代表性不足的社区对科学的参与。该团队将通过发展部落社区和STEM机构之间的新伙伴关系，为美洲原住民学生创造途径，促进美国原住民科学家参与和融入地球科学。每个合作伙伴都根据研究文献中的良好实践，为未被充分代表的学生和科学家带来一个成功的项目。研究人员将共同创建科学合作，为美国原住民学生从中学到研究生院甚至更远的地方提供支持。此外，该项目将致力于为土著研究人员在传统西方？组织。该方法将在研究合作中整合本土和西方知识，以创建更具创造性、创新性和文化相关性的科学研究项目。该项目整合土著和西方知识，改变地球科学的学习和发现，利用集体影响的原则，在部落社区和STEM机构之间建立新的伙伴关系，促进美洲土著科学家参与和融入地球科学。项目合作者将更有力地将本土和西方知识整合到集体开发的研究项目中。该项目与上升之声：气候解决方案协作科学(上升之声)合作，并与哈斯克尔印第安人国家大学、国家大气研究中心、亚利桑那大学S生物圈2号和国家大气研究中心S合作，在大气研究与科学(SOARS)实习和全球学习与观察造福环境(GLOB)公民科学项目中提供重要机会。他们将共同在美洲原住民和传统的西方科学家之间建立研究伙伴关系，为NCAR和生物圈2号的科学家提供关于如何适当地与部落社区接触的专业发展，并为从中学到大学、研究生院和其他地方的NA学生提供途径。该项目将把针对初中和高中青年的社区公民科学项目与哈斯克尔印第安人民族大学和亚利桑那大学的本科生项目联系起来，并与本科生和研究生的暑期研究实习经验联系起来，这些项目涉及部落社区、部落大学教师、传统科学机构和基于社区的公民科学。该项目还提高了所有合作伙伴的研究能力，并汇集了不同的观点，这已被证明导致更大的创新、创造力和更高的研究影响力。该项目有可能为在其他机构建立类似的伙伴关系提供一个经过试验和测试的模式，包括主流科学家职业发展的内容和方法，为美洲原住民学生和科学家创造更友好的空间的方法，改善地球科学研究开展方式的有前途的做法，以及增加美国原住民学生和科学家在这一重要研究事业中的代表性。

Finding inclusive approaches to broaden the participation of underrepresented communities in the sciences is the focus of this project. The team will create pathways for Native American students from the development of new partnerships between tribal communities and STEM institutions that promote the participation and inclusion of Native American scientists in the geosciences. Each partner brings a successful program, based on good practices from the research literature in improving outcomes for underrepresented students and scientists. Together, the researchers will create scientific collaborations that support a pipeline for Native American students from middle school through to graduate school and beyond. In addition, the project will work on building welcoming workplace climates for indigenous researchers within ?traditional Western? organizations. The approach will integrate indigenous and Western knowledge in research collaborations to create more creative, innovative, and culturally relevant science research programs. This project, Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge to Transform Learning and Discovery in the Geosciences, uses the principles of collective impact to create new partnerships between tribal communities and STEM institutions that promote the participation and inclusion of Native American scientists in the geosciences. The project collaborators will more strongly integrate indigenous and Western knowledge into collectively-developed research projects. The project partners the Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions (Rising Voices) and member tribal colleges and communities with Haskell Indian Nations University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the University of Arizona?s Biosphere 2, and National Center for Atmospheric Research?s Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) internship and Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) citizen science programs. Together, they will build research partnerships between Native American and traditional Western scientists, provide professional development for NCAR and Biosphere 2 scientists on how to engage appropriately with tribal communities, and provide pathways for NA students from middle school through college, to grad school and beyond. The project will connect community-based citizen science programs for middle- and high school youth with undergraduate programs at Haskell Indian Nations University and University of Arizona, and with summer research internship experiences for undergraduates and graduate students that address topics of interest across tribal communities, tribal college faculty, traditional science institutions, and community-based citizen science. This project also enhances the research capacity of all partners, and brings together diverse perspectives, which have been shown to lead to greater innovation, creativity, and higher impact research. The project has the potential to provide a tried and tested model for building similar partnerships at other institutions, including content and methods for professional development for mainstream scientists, ways to create more welcoming spaces for Native American students and scientists, promising practices for improving how research in the geosciences carried out, and an increase in the representation of Native American students and scientists in that vital research enterprise.