Collaborative Research: NRT-INFEWS: Systems Thinking Training for Research ON Geography-based Coastal Food Energy Water Systems (STRONG-CFEWS)

合作研究：NRT-INFEWS：基于地理的沿海食品能源水系统研究的系统思维培训（STRONG-CFEWS）

• 批准号: 1735222
• 负责人: Kristin Wilson Grimes
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of The Virgin Islands
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; NRT; INFEWS; Systems

With 40% of the world's population residing within 100 kilometers of a coast, these environments are critical to local and global economies. In China, the world's largest exporter, more than half of the country's population lives along its industrialized coastlines. Population densities in the United States are highest in coastal counties, representing 39% of the U.S. population. In such densely populated areas, human activity related to the generation and use of food, energy and water has been linked to impacts such as nitrogen pollution that degrades the quality of coastal waters. This degradation affects reef ecosystems, fisheries, and people's economic livelihoods and health. Replenishment requires innovative systems thinking and better consideration of the way food, energy, and water systems are integrated in terrestrial and coastal environments. Systems thinking considers the whole system including engineered infrastructure, the environment, and sociocultural aspects, rather than an assembly of isolated parts. Integrating sociocultural dynamics and meaningful engagement of community stakeholders is fundamental to this approach. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will develop a community-engaged training and research program in systems thinking. Graduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students will design innovative, holistic solutions (e.g., technological, organizational) to better manage complex and interconnected food, energy, and water systems in coastal locations. The project will train 109 graduate students, including 23 funded PhD-level trainees from engineering and applied anthropology at USF and 6 MS-level trainees from marine and environmental sciences from the Historically Black University partner, UVI in four locations: Tampa, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados and Belize. This award will prepare students to create innovative systems to address complex problems and will serve as a model for training a STEM-focused workforce.The research supporting this training program focuses on the leverage points (technological, policy, and organizational) in designing food-energy-water systems in a specific geographic context to improve the sustainability of the overall system across different scales. This NRT will advance graduate training through: 1) a transformative research training framework guiding students to conceptualize the interactions between food-energy-water systems and define their research questions from a systems perspective; 2) a context based interdisciplinary training approach including newly developed co-taught courses, multi-discipline field-based training and research experiences that take place in the U.S. and internationally, and strong partnerships with local practitioners and community-grounded organizations; and 3) learning outcomes of our program in terms of interdisciplinary, 21st century, and local and global competency skills of graduate students and impactful research in the management of resources for food, energy, and water security. 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 comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.This project is co-funded by the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. The LSAMP program supports comprehensive, evidence-based, and sustained approaches to broadening participation of students from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM.

这些环境对于地方和全球经济至关重要，全球40％的人口居住在海岸100公里以内。在中国，世界上最大的出口商，该国一半以上的人口居住在其工业化海岸线上。美国的人口密度在沿海县最高，占美国人口的39％。在人口稠密的地区，与食物的产生和使用有关的人类活动与氮污染的影响有关，诸如降低了沿海水域质量的氮污染。这种退化会影响珊瑚礁生态系统，渔业和人们的经济生计和健康。补充需要创新的系统思考，并更好地考虑粮食，能源和供水系统在陆地和沿海环境中的整合方式。系统思维考虑了整个系统，包括工程基础设施，环境和社会文化方面，而不是孤立的部分组装。整合社会文化动态和社区利益相关者的有意义的参与是这种方法的基础。这项国家科学基金会研究实习生（NRT）授予南佛罗里达大学（USF）和维尔京群岛大学（UVI）将开发社区参与的系统思维培训和研究计划。研究生科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学生将设计创新的整体解决方案（例如技术，组织），以更好地管理沿海地区的复杂和相互联系的食物，能源和水系统。该项目将培训109名研究生，其中包括工程学的23名资助的博士学位学员，并在USF进行了人类学的应用人类学，以及来自海洋的6名MS级学员，以及来自历史悠久的黑人大学合作伙伴，UVI，四个地点的UVI：佛罗里达州佛罗里达州的坦帕，美国维尔京群岛，巴巴多斯，巴巴多斯和贝利兹。该奖项将使学生们为解决复杂问题的创新系统做好准备，并将作为培训注重STEM的劳动力的模型。支持该培训计划的研究重点介绍在设计特定地理环境中设计食品能量 - 水系统中的杠杆点（技术，政策和组织），以改善各种规模的整体系统的可持续性。该NRT将通过以下方式提高研究生培训：1）一个变革性的研究培训框架指导学生概念化食物能 - 水系统之间的相互作用，并从系统的角度定义他们的研究问题； 2）一种基于上下文的跨学科培训方法，包括新开发的共同教授课程，在美国和国际上发生的多学科培训和研究经验，以及与当地从业者和社区基础组织的牢固合作伙伴关系； 3）根据跨学科，21世纪的学习成果以及研究生的本地和全球能力技能以及在粮食，能源和水安全资源管理方面的有影响力的研究。 NSF研究训练（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施用于STEM研究生教育培训的大胆，新的潜在变革模型。培训轨道致力于通过全面的跨学科研究领域的STEM研究生进行有效培训，通过全面的培训模型，这些模型具有创新，基于循证的，并与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致。该项目由Louis Stokes for Minor Cositation（LSAMP）共同资助。 LSAMP计划支持全面，基于证据和持续的方法，以扩大来自STEM的种族和族裔的学生的参与。