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

NSF 包括： 合作研究：整合本土和西方知识以转变地球科学的学习和发现

• 批准号: 1649375
• 负责人: Kevin Bonine
• 金额: $ 4.54万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1649375&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; Collaborative; Research; Integrating

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.

该项目的重点是寻找包容性的方法，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，促进美洲原住民科学家参与和融入地球科学。每个合作伙伴都带来了一个成功的计划，基于研究文献中的良好实践，改善了代表性不足的学生和科学家的成果。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及以后的管道提供支持。此外，该项目还将努力为土著研究人员营造友好的工作环境。传统西方？组织的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。该项目名为“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土著和西方知识纳入集体开发的研究项目。该项目的合作伙伴上升的声音：气候解决方案的合作科学（上升的声音）和成员部落学院和社区与哈斯克尔印第安民族大学，国家大气研究中心（NCAR），亚利桑那大学？生态圈2和国家大气研究中心？在大气研究和科学（SOARS）实习和全球学习和观察，以造福环境（地球仪）公民科学计划的重大机会。他们将共同建立美洲原住民和传统西方科学家之间的研究伙伴关系，为NCAR和生物圈2号科学家提供专业发展，帮助他们了解如何与部落社区进行适当的接触，并为NA学生提供从中学到大学，到格拉德院及以后的途径。该项目将连接社区为基础的公民科学计划初中和高中青年与哈斯克尔印第安民族大学和亚利桑那大学的本科课程，并与暑期研究实习经验的本科生和研究生，解决感兴趣的话题跨部落社区，部落学院教师，传统科学机构和社区为基础的公民科学。 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，这已被证明会导致更大的创新，创造力和更高的影响力研究。 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久经考验的模式，包括主流科学家专业发展的内容和方法，为美洲原住民学生和科学家创造更受欢迎的空间的方法，改进地球科学研究的可行做法，以及增加美国土著学生和科学家在这一重要研究企业中的代表性。